Note from Suzannah: Dept of Building How Many Crane Disasters Under Bloomberg --
Bloomberg went in to every dept possible except NYPD and threw away requirements - think Cathie Black.
For DOB no engineering or architect degree!!!!
Thanks Mike.
How many deaths and injuries construction crane scaffolding under Mike,
Too many speed of greed and stupidity -- not policed -- I have been reporting illegal corrupt construction and DOB doing close to zero! Reported to DOI zip on going in your face corruption goes on and on 311 pointless as well.
Acquitted Crane Crasher Strikes Again
The crane is owned by New York Crane, whose owner, James Lomma, was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide charges stemming from the 2008 crane collapse on the Upper East Side that killed two construction workers.
Run for your Lives! (NYP) Workers scrambled for their lives yesterday as a crane collapsed and injured seven laborers at a luxury-housing development behind the “Pepsi-Cola” sign on the Queens waterfront. * Crane Collapse in Queens Injures 9 (WSJ) * Seven Injured In Queens Crane Collapse(NY1) * Crane collapses on construction workers in Queens(NYDN)
The ferry "didn't slow down," said Joseph Bruno, commissioner of the city's Office of Emerge
