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Willis Moore, 59, was tragically killed on April 18, 2023 at the four-story Little Man Parking facility on Ann Street in Lower Manhattan when it caved in on itself.

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Robert Galpern and Boguslaw Zapolnik filed the suit earlier this week in Manhattan court, with the summons alleging gross negligence and reckless and wanton disregard for human life and property.

Pierre Vancol, 50, told The Post Friday that he and his co-workers witnessed huge cracks at the 57 Ann St. parking garage, which toppled Tuesday, killing building manager Willis Moore.

Jeffrey and Alan Henick jointly own the property on Ann Street in the Financial District, which collapsed at 4pm on Tuesday.

Willis Moore of Queens, 59, died of blunt force trauma to the head, torso and extremities, according to the city medical examiner's office.

The extensive work required to make the Financial District parking deck safe was laid bare in a 2010 engineering report after the owners of the Ann Street building were slapped with a violation summons by the city.

The owners of the Financial District parking garage that collapsed Tuesday - killing one worker and injuring five others - are wealthy New Yorkers from ritzy Long Island suburbs who have been buying and selling property for decades, city records show.

The lower Manhattan garage that collapsed Tuesday afternoon, killing one worker and injuring five others, has a checkered history of building code violations,