Construction work has resumed on a $2-billion hotel renovation in New York City nearly a week after a craftworker fell to his death and a full-stop work order was issued by the New York City Dept. of Buildings.
First responders were called around 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 2 to the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan where 45-year-old Elie William was pronounced dead on the scene. According to an initial investigation by the department, he was assisting a licensed master electrician in the catwalk area between the third-floor ballroom and the fourth floor when he fell.
