By BILL SANDERSON and CHUCK BENNETT
June 5, 2008
The developer of the luxury high-rise on 303 E. 51st St., site of the March 15 crane collapse that killed seven people, got a reprieve yesterday from the Department of Buildings.
Developer James Kennelly's planned 40-story tower violated 28 zoning regulations, and city officials threatened to make him chop down the 19 floors that were already built to get into compliance.
But he submitted a revised plan that may save the project.
