New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the threat of a partial collapse Tuesday by one such conversion in progress highlighted the significant challenges of those construction projects. The former Pfizer building, located on East 42nd The post New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges appeared first on News Channel 3-12 .

New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

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