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DOB Commish Resigns After 5 Years Heading Sprawling Agency
by Cindy Rodriguez
NEW YORK, NY April 23, 2008 —Patricia Lancaster, who led the city's Buildings Department for more than five years, stepped down yesterday. The sprawling agency has been under fire recently over a spate of construction accidents. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez has more on the now-former commissioner.
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