Mamdani promises action as anger grows over deadly Brooklyn building collapse

A desperate morning searching for survivors in this construction pit in Brooklyn after a three-story building collapsed into it Wednesday afternoon. This has been a very dark evening and morning for our city. We are mourning too many people who we loved. This video capturing the moment of the collapse from inside the building killing eight people including two children. In one dramatic rescue, a pregnant woman was pulled from the rubble. Her husband, relieved to learn she's okay. She's alive. She's still alive. I'm very happy. I'm very happy. I'm very happy. I thank all of you guys. In this before picture, you can see the building with a red awning. Beside it, an active construction site where excavation was taking place at the time of the collapse. Crews had permits to dig as deep as four meters. In an instant, that building was turned to this rubble, taking with it the side of another building, exposing the homes inside. This is a densely populated part of Brooklyn filled with mostly immigrant communities. We talked to one organizer who's very angry about this. Unfortunately, like these sorts of things only happen to, you know. Buildings in low-income communities, and that just shouldn't be, you know. The mayor says a full investigation is underway, including inspecting other construction sites in the city. The Department of Buildings has identified five different entities associated with the construction site. Those five entities are associated with a hundred other sites across the city. The Department of Buildings is commencing sweeps of those sites. While a neighborhood reels. From such a massive loss, Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.