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[Staten Island Advance] Columbia University has hired questionable contractors for construction of its controversial West Harlem campus.
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The investigation is far-reaching, examining not only how the fire started and how the firefighters died, but also on how a contractor with questionable ties was selected by the construction manager, Bovis Lend Lease, and approved by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which owns the building.
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