The city is suspending a demolition contractor’s ability to work in New York City and halting construction at all sites he’s involved with after a partial building collapse in the Bronx earlier this month, officials said.
The Department of Buildings announced Thursday it is seeking to permanently revoke the construction permits of Yakov Eisenbach, a general contractor with Hexagon Industries Inc. Officials said an investigation revealed Eisenbach had a pattern of ignoring Stop Work Orders at multiple job sites across the five boroughs.
Emergency crews responded on Jan. 12 to a building collapse at 57 East Burnside Ave. A wall of the structure, which was undergoing demolition, gave way and fell onto the scaffolding and street below. No injuries were reported…