After three New York City construction workers died on the job within six days, officials are demanding stronger safety measures and promising punitive action against those responsible.
Two of the men died in Manhattan: Gregory Echevarria was struck dead April 13 by a falling crane counterweight at 570 Broome St., site of a luxury condo project; on April 8, Nelson Salinas died after he was hit on the head by a coping stone while working on the facade of a residential building at 311 E. 50 St. And in Brooklyn Heights, Erik Mendoza fell from the roof of a 13-story building at 1 Pierrepont St. on April 10.