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Three collapsed NYC cranes linked to same owner

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    Arthur Aidala defended crane operator in previous case

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There is breaking news now on Fox News Channel rescue crews on scene at the scene of of that collapsed crane in the Borough of queens just across that.

Queens Borough bridge from midtown Manhattan now the Ed -- bridge but it's right there the NYPD now tell us five people -- injured and we have new information on this crane.

I'm sure many of you have noticed over the past few years as this has happened repeatedly in New York City.

One time on the upper east side one time way upper east side and now this one in Queens and as it turns out we have just confirmed.

All three cranes are owned by the same man.

Arthur right dollar is this in UB contributor and attorney in New York City to.

As it turns out represented someone who's involved one of these -- incidents but this good man's name is.

Jimmy -- hello and may he owns all three he owns those big crane went down on 51 street the -- went out on ninety something street and now this one.

He's got these greens are the same they don't stand up free like you see -- construction sites they.

They hold on to the side of the contractions and they go up with the building basically -- -- trains this particular one is a little different than the other two but the general concept of the same.

And it ought to do -- -- these trains is the maintenance the oversight.

The following there is a free ring binder that six inches thick that is supposed to be at every train site and it's supposed to be followed by the letter.

And every time there's any kind of delay it cost money.

So if the Foreman says you know what's -- I don't like the way this ball's pitching I want to stop the job for an afternoon.

Well that's a half a -- there's not gonna go up and that's gonna cost somebody.

Thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.

This man -- -- gonna have a hard time getting insurance for these strains after his third strike and when he has no assurance he's out of business.

Well we certainly don't know what the details surrounding this when -- there's no way to know this early but we do know that the same man owns the same three cranes.

All of which have gone out of the city not as if -- go down all the time now three cranes have gone down in recent memory and all of -- grown by.

Biden -- hello -- and he did stand trial for one of them.

The 91 street train where the the accusations were the crane was malfunctioning expert -- experts came in.

They -- alone will cost a 125000.

Dollars to fix this strain.

He found a company.

Didn't China -- -- -- could fix the training all almost as good but they couldn't guarantee for 25000.

Dollars.

-- or thereabouts he -- that company in the middle of Manhattan that crane fell apart and somebody who at least one person was killed.

However the judge he went with a judge trial and about -- found lives.

It wasn't so obvious that that's what caused the accident but he went through -- long trial and you thought he maybe things would be little more careful and play by the book as you said nobody knows what happened here I was just outside in New York City Soledad real windy out in the snow storms going on there's no -- that I know of this isn't supposed to happen.

No it's not supposed to -- it's entirely possible that this is a freak something that had nothing to do -- thing but.

You know third strike figure out often and it's usually the workers who -- -- people get.

Seriously injured and you usually people who are on the crane working and then they hit some crazy noises and it goes down filed by people injured here updates as we get them already thank you thank you so much.

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