A 37-story New York City building is under a preliminary criminal investigation after buckling columns, cracks and sagging floors prompted evacuations and brought surrounding streets to a standstill in midtown, according to a new report.

A high-rise building under construction in midtown Manhattan that had been at risk of collapse appears to have stabilised, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday…

Emergency measures to stabilize a Midtown Manhattan high-rise appear to be holding Wednesday, after the under-construction building’s structural columns buckled Tuesday.