Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse
Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse (nytimes); Manhattan high-rise evacuated as officials warn of potential collapse (foxnews) (sources: nytimes, foxnews)
Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse (nytimes); Manhattan high-rise evacuated as officials warn of potential collapse (foxnews)
- Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse (nytimes)
- Manhattan high-rise evacuated as officials warn of potential collapse (foxnews)
↓ Congress can act on this
2 bills on this issue are moving right now — and the most active one is H.R.501: Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025.
H.R.501 · 119th Congress
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
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What H.R.501 actually does
This story is about Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse. This bill would let FEMA-backed resilience funding support implementation of either of the two latest building-code editions.
If passed, it would:
- let FEMA-backed resilience funding support implementation of either of the two latest building-code editions • create a BRIC pilot for residential resilience retrofits.
1 other bill moving on this issue
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This story is about Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse. This bill would reauthorize the federal earthquake-hazards program that supports building-construction and emergency-planning work.
If passed, it would
- reauthorize the federal earthquake-hazards program that supports building-construction and emergency-planning work • keep a Senate-passed resilience vehicle moving to the House.