(Updated: 4:01 p.m. and 4:50 p.m.) A three-story Williamsburg residential building injured five workers — one seriously — when it collapsed today just before 1:30 p.m., trapping as many as three people under the rubble.

The brick building, at 34 Conselyea Street near Union and Metropolitan
avenues, is owned by 34 Conselyea Street LLC, headed by Lucille
Maundrell, mother of aptsandlofts.com President David Maundrell. While David has done
work on the property in the past, he said he is no longer affiliated
with 34 Conselyea Street LLC. The building appeared to have been under construction, Frank Dwyer, a spokesperson for the Fire Department of New York, said. The four with minor injuries were taken to Elmhurst Hospital; the person
in critical condition was taken to Bellevue. Three of the five had been
trapped, Dwyer said, although it wasn’t clear which three. The search
is still ongoing, but no one else is believed to be inside, he added.
The incident was first reported by WABC and Fox NY. [more]

The planned security post at the World Trade Center has, in fact, no plan at all, the Daily News reported. The Port Authority’s Site-Wide Operations Coordination Center, slated to monitor security at Grand Zero and fend off terror threats, has not yet been designed and no budget has been set. Agency officials said the location — which was initially planned for the northwest corner of Greenwich and Liberty streets — and opening date of the facility is also still up in the air, and delays could in turn throw off plans for the Freedom Tower and Transportation Hub, which are supposed to rely on it for critical security operations. In place of the permanent facility, whose NYPD, FDNY and counterterrorism staff will be intended to overcome the communications breakdowns that occurred on 9/11, the agency said it would open an interim facility early next year at 115 Broadway. The Daily News said news of the interim location came only after months of rebuffed questioning from reporters.
[NYDN]