At least eight people died after a three-storey residential building adjacent to a construction site collapsed in New York City, officials said on Thursday as rescue crews searched the rubble for survivors. About 250 first responders were sent to the site after the building came down in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, sending bricks and wood into an excavation pit on the neighbouring property. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at least 17 people were injured, including three firefighters.