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- BUSINESS, Page 57Business NotesCONSTRUCTIONNailing the Mob
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- Corruption and fraud in the construction industry have plagued
- New York City for decades. Public projects, especially the $4.3
- billion building program for schools, have been marred by
- crumbling plaster and leaky roofs -- often the work of firms
- tied to organized crime. Now a state agency seeks to disqualify
- unscrupulous contractors before they can even bid on city
- projects. The School Construction Authority, created in 1989,
- has identified 52 contracting firms linked to crime or shaky
- financing. "Some agencies review companies with suspicious
- records, but we demand disclosure of potential bidders," says
- Thomas D. Thacher, the SCA's inspector general.
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