Mayor forms unit to improve suspended scaffolding safety in city, BK

Mayor Bloomberg (R-NYC) is looking to spend millions to keep construction workers from falling off scaffolding in Brooklyn and the rest of the city.Last November, the mayor ordered a task force to take

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