A “spider” crane crashed through scaffolding at a building on the corner of W. 38th St. & 9th Ave. on Friday, April 4. Nobody was injured.
A “spider” crane crashed through scaffolding at a building on the corner of W. 38th St. & 9th Ave. on Friday, April 4. Nobody was injured. ( Photo: Jack Ahern )

Miraculously, nobody was injured in the collapse on W. 38th St. and Ninth Ave., the FDNY said. A spider crane on the rooftop crashed through the scaffolding on the ground, with incident under further investigation.

Crane Crashes Through Scaffolding One Day After DOB Lifts Stop Work Order
08 Apr 2025 | 11:23
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An unmanned crane tumbled off a rooftop and crashed through scaffolding in Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, April 4, shattering it into a tangle of wood and steel. Miraculously, nobody was injured, the FDNY confirmed.

The close-call event occurred after the Department of Buildings issued a partial stop-work...

Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras.
Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

Hochul Pleads for More Fed Funds for MTA; US DOT Pushes to End Congestion Pricing Tolls

It looks like a standoff.

Top elected Democratic leaders in New York in late March pleaded with the federal government for...

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At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book <i>Government Gangsters, </i>by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent.
At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book Government Gangsters, by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office)

Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as an Independent

The race for mayor is growing more convoluted by the day.

On the deadline day to submit petitions to get on the ballot to...

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