The incident happened Monday around 2:30 p.m. near Madison Avenue and East 126th Street.
Officials say part of the building fell onto a scaffold and injured the workers below.
They were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
One worker broke his leg while the other suffered a back injury.
The DOB is investigating.
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