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Question: Why didn't the guy just pack up the crane and take it elsewhere? The issues that make tower cranes unsafe and expensive aren't unique to New York City, and if Austin, TX was any indication, there has been a shortage of cranes due to construction activity worldwide.

Is there something about the economics or the licensing that makes this crane only work in New York City?

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That was my thought too, I'm sure there's many cities to market his product. He needs to get on his GaryVee train and start calling every city until he finds places to land. Bring it up to Vancouver, most of our downtown is low rise and would probably make this ideal. And making $400,000 means he could probably take a year off as well.

He still works as a crane operator in NYC and likely knows (only) that market.

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