KSK Construction Group, the Brooklyn construction company entangled in an FBI probe involving a top fundraiser for Mayor Eric Adams, has been a familiar presence in the city’s courtrooms over the years.
In 2021, the family of construction worker and Army war vet Gregory Echevarria sued a number of companies involved in the development of 570 Broome Street, including Williamsburg-based KSK, in Manhattan Supreme Court after the laborer was crushed to death by a 7.5-ton counterweight on the job site, according to court records.
Echevarria’s family alleged the 34-year-old’s death was the result of negligence by KSK and the associated firms, including a failure to ensure scaffolding, pulleys and other construction tools had been secured on the job site, and demanded compensatory and punitive damages, per court records.
The lawsuit is ongoing.
The company also appears to have a track record of deadbeat business practices, according to court records.
In 2016, KSK ignored invoices by engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. for nearly $178,000 over consulting services on a repair job for a Prospect Heights property, even though the construction company raised no dispute over the outstanding fees, according to a 2018 Manhattan Supreme Court suit.
In 2017, KSK attempted to weasel its way out of a Department of Buildings fine by suing then-Commish Rick Chandler in Manhattan Supreme Court, claiming it had been dinged $10,000 on top of an identical fine levied against its subcontractor over a failure to protect an adjoining balcony against fall protection, court record show.
KSK claimed it and the subcontractor had “been subjected to an excessive fine that is duplicative and exceeds any possible culpability,” according to court records.
The result of the suit is unclear.
The company did not return messages.