Explosion in NYC
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Plumbing and gas work appears to have been done without a permit at a restaurant on the ground floor of one of the buildings.
This is not a result of a crumbling infrastructure. Its a symptom of greed, shoddy workmanship and cost cutting. If you're a licensed contractor in NYC who provides health insurance for the skilled and qualified labor you hire, you will never get any work. These jobs are given to the lowest bidders who then hire cheap labor without any qualifications whatsoever.
Per DNAinfo:
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and other agencies are investigating whether contractor Dilber Kukic, 39, played a role in the blast that started at 121 Second Ave., sources said.
Kukic — whose construction firm performed work at the address in the past — was already under the scrutiny of Manhattan prosecutors in an unrelated case. He was arrested last month for an alleged role in a widespread bribery scandal involving city inspectors.