Why is this little construction crane illegal in New York City? (2016)
The New York Department of Buildings response to this article (June 2016) :<p><i>Skypicker presented the department with plans for a small, truck-mounted crane... However, when we inspected the Skypicker in use at a construction site, we found something significantly different: The crane was attached to a building slab, and appeared to be a hodgepodge of parts from other cranes, mounted on a homemade, untested base.</i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crainsnewyork.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;20160623&#x2F;OPINION&#x2F;160629905&#x2F;why-the-city-shut-down-the-skypicker-crane" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crainsnewyork.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;20160623&#x2F;OPINION&#x2F;160629...</a><p>And the inventor shoots back:<p><i>The executive director of the [Department of Buildings] Cranes and Derricks Unit when the Skypicker was approved emailed me that [Department of Buildings Commissioner] Chandler confused the Skypicker revocation with a ruling about an entirely different crane... He’s the one that’s misinformed. </i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;buildingnyc.org&#x2F;crains-crane-inventor-gives-his-side-of-the-citys-ban-and-backs-it-up&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;buildingnyc.org&#x2F;crains-crane-inventor-gives-his-side-...</a>