{"id":290891,"date":"2026-07-08T23:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:26:14","slug":"newsnations-new-york-bureau-forced-to-evacuate-due-to-potential-building-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290891\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsNation\u2019s New York Bureau Forced to Evacuate Due to Potential Building Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York office building undergoing a residential conversion had to be evacuated on Monday morning<\/a> after two of its structural columns buckled.<\/p>\n

The ensuing emergency led city authorities to order additional evacuations of nearby buildings and shut down surrounding streets as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n

Affected by this turmoil were staffers of NewsNation\u2019s New York bureau, as their office was in one of the adjacent buildings to the crumbling tower. The news network, as well as its sister station, the local affiliate WPIX-TV, had to quickly find new workspaces after their building was ordered closed.<\/p>\n

\u203c\ufe0f\ud83d\udea8our @NewsNation<\/a> NYC studio is among the buildings being evacuated in NY due to the partial building collapse nearby.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Ensuring that its news operations continued to run smoothly, NewsNation quickly implemented contingency plans for several of its shows, including those that air in the afternoon and primetime, which are broadcast from its New York offices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among those affected was Jesse Weber, who had to host his 11 p.m. ET program, Jesse Weber Live, from the streets of New York City as the bureau was still closed on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause NewsNation is headquartered in America\u2019s heartland of Chicago, we were able to seamlessly transition production there,\u201d said president of news and politics, Cherie Grzech, and president of programming and specials, Michael Corn. \u201cWe also leveraged the resources of our Washington, D.C., bureau to ensure uninterrupted coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

National correspondent Jessica Kartalija provided a firsthand account of the unfolding chaos within their building on-air, saying an announcement was made over the loudspeaker for everyone in the office to evacuate and that \u201cit was a very coordinated process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kartalija, in one of her reports, also gave a tour of WPIX\u2019s temporary newsroom, noting that they had to move a lot of stuff from their offices because they don\u2019t know when they will be allowed back in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are doing all of their broadcasts from out here,\u201d she said. \u201cSo they have their whole studio crew, their cameras, their lighting, their anchor team, everyone down here to do the best that they possibly can to get the news to everyone at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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