New York, other cities to share data on tall tower cranes

The Department of Buildings will share information about tower cranes with Chicago and Philadelphia in an effort to track equipment failures, manufacturers' recalls, accidents and industry trends, officials said on Thursday. There is currently no national database to track tower cranes or their parts, and the Buildings Department said that officials in several places, including New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Ontario and Dallas, had expressed interest in the new program.

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