Defendants in the case include:
- Augustin Adesanmi, owner of Favored Design and Construction. He is charged with second degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and second degree grand larceny.
- Akhlak Choudhary, owner of Pioneer General Construction, general contractor on the project. He is charged with criminally negligent homicide and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing.
- Abazi Okoro, 66, owner of Linzi Construction, superintendent on the project. He is charged with criminally negligent homicide.
- Fato Mustafaj, 64, of Favored Designs. He is charged with second degree grand larceny.