Officials received reports of a section of scaffolding coming loose from a six-story building in Brooklyn, prompting evacuations.
The collapse happened around 9:20am on Sunday at a five-story building part of Yeshiva University on West 185th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Two people inside the cab had to be extricated by first responders and taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
One person was critically injured and two other people suffered serious injuries.
Mayor Eric Adams is pushing to improve New Yorkers' quality of life with his new program called "Get Sheds Down."
The city's so-called "Get Sheds Down" program is enforcing existing law, but the city council is working on additional incentives, requiring building owners having to use nicer looking ones, and to show every 90 days that they're actually doing work,