Brooklyn Apartment Building Collapses, Killing 8: What To Know

Mamdani said on Thursday that the tragedy has been “devastating” for the city.

“I want to take a moment to remember those we have so senselessly lost,” the mayor said. “These were our friends and our neighbors, parents and children, young families building their lives in our city, and immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad, and beyond. Let us continue to hold close those who have been plunged into unimaginable grief, and pray for a full and rapid recovery for every New Yorker injured.”

The city has not released the identities of the eight people who died. The Ecuadorian consul, though, said in a social media post on Thursday that two of the victims had been identified and were Ecuadorian: Gabriel Ariolfo Siguencia Yupa and José Luis Caguana Cosquillo.

Rescue operations continued into Thursday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said at the press conference that day that the heavy rain hitting the city on Thursday “will not stop our operations here,” adding, though, that the inclement weather “will definitely hinder our efforts.” A few hours later, shortly after 4 p.m., the FDNY announced on social media that it had “concluded rescue operations throughout the entire site and determined there are no more victims.”