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Gene J. Altobelli, the master rigger, failed to supervise the operation where two residential towers were being built, an investigation found.

Headlines have been taken over this year by construction, car, and labor accidents in New York City. The recent crane accidents have made people think twice when deciding to remodel or build new homes. Despite the current economy, people are less apt to remodel their homes for fear of construction accident occurring on their premises.

Here's a shocker. Yet another New York City Buildings Department inspector has been indicted for taking bribes to look the other way instead of actually doing his job. In fact, this is the top crane inspector in the City, and while the reports indicate that his alleged criminal acts had no bearing on

The Fire Department said it has pulled people out of the wreckage at 354 East 91st Street near First Avenue. Their conditions were not immediately known. The top floor of a nearby high-rise apartment building was damaged. Firefighters and rescue workers were continuing to search through the wreckage.

There are nearly one million buildings in New York City, and more than 4,200 currently under construction, and it falls on one department to monitor them all.

The hirings are the latest of several measures rolled out since a series of fatal accidents and inspection flaws led to the resignation of the buildings commissioner last month.

Proposals for improving safety at construction sites in New York City after a rash of fatal accidents stacked up like high-rise scaffolding at a City Council hearing.

The accident occurred during Construction Safety Week and the day after the ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral honoring those killed in construction accidents this year.

As I noted back when a series of unfortunate construction accidents occurred, with a crane collapse killing seven people last month, Buildings Department Chief Patricia Lancaster was not long for her job. Well, she's out. Fired or resigned, it doesn't really matter.

NYC Building Where Crane Collapsed Should Never Have Been Approved In a tense city council hearing occurring now, buildings commissioner Patricia Lancaster just admitted under withering questioning from councilwoman Jessica Lappin (D-Manhattan) that the building on E.51st street where the crane collapse last month killed 7 did not meet zoning requirements and should not have been approved.