Crews worked through the weekend to shore up the building in Midtown that nearly collapsed last week — and added netting to one side of the building to prevent any debris from falling, city officials said Sunday.
The city Department of Buildings reported that crews worked in shifts around the clock to install new supports at 235 East 42nd Street, where columns buckled on Tuesday beneath newly added floors.
Workers also put up an exterior netting enclosure on the north side of the tower, which Department of Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani said in a video posted to X added an “extra layer of safety”…