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NEW YORK — A former city building-department inspector pleaded not guilty Thursday to lying about examining a huge construction crane that collapsed days later, killing seven people.
Edward Marquette was charged with tampering with public records, official misconduct and other counts.
He had been scheduled to inspect the crane, being used to hoist materials at a building site, on March 4. It collapsed 11 days later, but officials said it was unlikely the inspection would have prevented that.
