Hurt by an Unsafe Building or Property?
Property owners are responsible for keeping their buildings safe. When falling debris, crumbling facades, or neglected structures cause serious harm, you may have a claim.
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When Property Owners Cut Corners, People Get Hurt
Many buildings in New York and across the Northeast are decades old. Without regular inspection and repair, weather and age wear them down until something breaks loose. These accidents can often be prevented.
Crumbling facades and falling bricks
Age, moisture, and freeze-thaw cycles break down mortar until sections of brick and stone break loose and fall to the street below.
Collapsing parapets and window ledges
Parapet walls and ledges that anchor to aging facades can give way without warning, dropping heavy masonry onto sidewalks and entrances.
Falling fire escape parts
Corroded bolts and rusted supports let heavy stair treads, railings, and ladders detach and plummet from aging metal fire escapes.
Loose ornamental molding and signage
Decorative cornices, terra cotta trim, and mounted signage work loose over time and can fall from heights onto people below.
Interior ceiling collapses
Neglected plumbing, roof leaks, and structural decay can bring down ceilings inside apartments, hallways, and common areas.
Missing scaffolding or sidewalk sheds
Owners who fail to install required sidewalk sheds and safety netting leave pedestrians exposed to known hazards overhead.
Pedestrians, tenants, workers, and visitors can all be seriously hurt. If an unsafe property injured you or took someone you love, you may have a claim.
Buildings Don't Fail Overnight
Cracks spread, mortar loosens, and metal corrodes for years before anything falls. Owners who skip inspections and repairs put everyone below at risk.
A Facade Collapse in Boston
Kreindler partner Anthony Tarricone represents a young pianist from New York who was critically injured while on vacation in Boston. A section of a crumbling building parapet broke off and fell onto her as she walked on the public sidewalk below.
A crumbling building parapet can fall onto a public sidewalk without warning
Anthony Tarricone
Kreindler Partner
Premises Liability & Wrongful Death Litigation
"The Boston case involves the building parapet that hangs over a public sidewalk. Its unchecked decay was a public nuisance and the building was in deadly condition at the time of the incident."
Who Can Be Held Accountable
New York City law requires owners of buildings over six stories to have exterior walls and attached structures, including fire escapes, professionally inspected every five years. When owners ignore that duty or make poor repairs, several parties may share responsibility:
Building owners
Under New York law, property owners hold non-delegable statutory duties to maintain fire escapes, balconies, and exterior walls in safe structural repair.
Property management companies
Managing agents assigned responsibility for routine maintenance, tenant hazard complaints, and coordinating mandatory safety work.
Contractors and maintenance crews
Subcontractors who cut corners, painted over severe rust instead of welding new supports, or overloaded weakened structures during work.
Inspectors who signed off on unsafe conditions
Architects, engineers, or inspection services that falsified inspection reports or cleared compromised structures without thorough testing.
Our attorneys investigate what went wrong and who is responsible.
The Partners Who Will Stand With You
Our partners have dedicated their careers to representing seriously injured people and the families of those killed by unsafe property conditions.
Anthony Tarricone
Partner
Andrew J. Maloney III
Partner
Daniel O. Rose
Partner
Noah H. Kushlefsky
Managing Partner
What Our Clients Say
Real families we have represented during premises liability, building collapse, and catastrophic injury claims.
"Thank you for your hard work on this Andrew, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it."
"When our family was facing the darkest moment of our lives after a structural collapse, Kreindler gave us immediate guidance and clear answers. Their compassion and thoroughness made all the difference."
"The attorneys at Kreindler investigated every detail that the city building inspectors missed. They kept our family informed at every single step and held the negligent property owner fully accountable."
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Answers to key questions about premises liability, building safety, and working with our firm.
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