Pfizer Building Crisis Deepens | US News

US News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 8, 2026 · 1m

Pfizer’s old Midtown Manhattan building is in serious trouble—two 21st-floor columns buckled, forcing emergency stabilization and raising alarms. Engineers say the damaged sections must be cut out and partially demolished before work can resume on what’s meant to be NYC’s largest office-to-apartment conversion. Developer Nathan Berman blames the extra weight from widened upper floors, claiming the columns weren’t reinforced enough—but insists the rest of the structure is intact. Evacuations remain in place for some areas, while others are cleared. The project’s already shaky safety…