NEW YORK — The owner of a Long Island construction company has been sentenced to jail in connection to a 2019 wall collapse that killed a child.The company was also fined.5-year-old girl killed in 2019 wall collapse in BrooklynThe collapse happened on Aug. 29, 2019 at a three-story building located at 444 Harman St. in Bushwick.
Nadeem Anwar, City Wide Construction and Renovations sentenced in deadly Brooklyn wall collapseAccording to the DA's office, Nadeem Anwar and his company, City Wide Construction and Renovations, were hired to renovate the building's facade and build the wall in September 2018. The DA's office says Anwar was licensed as a contractor in Nassau County, but was not authorized to file for work permits with the New York City Department of Buildings.