In conjunction with the New York City Dept. of Investigation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey office of the inspector general, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority office of the inspector general and the Business Integrity Commission for the City of New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced August 5 that a task force will be formed in order to look into possible corruption in the construction industry.
“This task force is an unprecedented effort to attack wrongdoing and unsafe practices at construction sites in this city,” Mark G. Peters, DOI Commissioner, said. “What the partners on this Task Force have seen again and again in construction fraud investigations is that those who ignore integrity also undermine safety.”
宣布起诉后Wilmer Cueva, 50, of Elmwood Park, N.J., foreman at Sky Materials Corp, of Queens, N.Y., and Alfonso Prestia, 54, of Westchester, N.Y., a senior superintendent for Harco Construction LLC of New York, N.Y., as well as their respective companies, in conjunction with the death of Carlos Moncayo this past April at a construction site in the Meatpacking District.
这位22岁的蒙卡约（Moncayo）是Sky Materials Corp.的一名雇员，于4月6日被杀害，当时一个不当固定的13英尺沟渠倒塌了，使他陷入困境。库瓦（Cueva）和普雷斯蒂亚（Prestia）及其公司未能听取有关事故现场安全危害的几次警告。他们被指控在二级杀人罪，犯罪疏忽大意和第二级鲁ck危险。
Construction permits are up for the sixth year in a row in New York, with residential permits increasing 156% this past year. The uptick has lead to some issues within the industry, making the forming of this task force a necessary step to ensure safety.
小地方检察官赛勒斯·万斯（Cyrus Vance，Jr。）说：“纽约市历史悠久的建筑繁荣会产生人类的后果。不幸的是，这些危险中的许多危险只有在工人和居民的生命受到危害之后才暴露出来，这就是为什么我的办公室和我们的合作伙伴成立了建筑欺诈工作组，以调查与建筑相关的犯罪，从而威胁着工业和安全的正直和安全性。城市的。”
Assistant District Attorney Diana Florence of the Manhattan district attorney’s office’s Rackets Bureau has been named attorney-in-charge and will lead the task force. The committee will meet each month with the goal of identifying and curbing crime in the construction industry such as fraud, bribery, extortion, money laundering, bid rigging, larceny and safety violations, among others.
