LiMandri Officially Taking The Reins at The DOB, Says Bloomberg
New York Times
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Mayor Bloomberg announced this morning that Robert D. LiMandri will be the new Department of Buildings commissioner, according to City Room.
LiMandri became the acting commissioner after former DOB honcho Patricia Lancaster resigned her post in late April. Lancaster stepped down amidst a storm of criticism about the DOB's day-to-day functions following several construction-related deaths.
The news comes hot on the heels of the City Council's vote yesterday that the DOB head no longer needs to be a registered architect or engineer. LiMandri became the DOB's first deputy in July 2005.
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Let us get this straight. The so called manager mayor asked the slushy city council to change the rules to allow all future Buildings Commissioners to NOT be architects or engineers (the previous rule). You mean to tell New Yorkers that there will be greater risk to citizens and pedestrians because the Mayor wants togive the job to HIS guy not someone else who might blow the whistle on six years of negligence.
OUTRAGEOUS!!!