"This construction accident is one of the worst the city has had,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said in a news conference this afternoon.
The big, white tower crane, which looked to be about 20 stories tall, appeared to have toppled across a street and crashed into other nearby buildings. Mr. Bloomberg said the falling pieces of the crane demolished one building and damaged three others. NYT
Photo: Tina Fineberg for The New York Times
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What I fail to understand is our mayor's lack of prioritzing...This has been occuring throughtout the city for the past couple of months. It was stated that this site had many violations, numerous complaint calls...the DOB needs a massive overhaul...
here's an interesting blurb written by one of Curbed's editors on how to improve the DOB in light of this and other recent incidents with nyc construction:
Twelve Ways to Fix the Department of Buildings
My heart goes out to the familes of all the victims to this tragedy.Thanks phuyaka...yeah the anti-development/neighborhood blogs are in a frenzy over this...I agree that the DOB needs to increase plan examiners/inspectors. The problem lies with this adminstration and the "higher-ups" of city's agencies. What is Bloomie's priority? I hate to say it but I smell "corruption"... Next city-wide election this will be a hot topic...
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