No official has been more scrutinized in the wake of Saturday's deadly crane collapse than the city's buildings commissioner, Patricia Lancaster. Some members of City Council have called for her resignation, and regional construction industry leaders are suggesting it is Lancaster who must be held accountable for the city's recent spate of high-rise construction-related accidents.
           
According to figures provided by the agency, eight crane-related accidents occurred in 2007 with no fatalities, although one accident, in which a crane dropped seven tons of steel at the site of the new Goldman Sachs headquarters in Lower Manhattan, left an architect critically ...