At the Queens Criminal Court building in Kew Gardens, five workers from the city's Department of General Services changed six fluorescent bulbs, which had not worked in years, over the course of three days. The fixture was over a staircase, so on the first day the workers erected a scaffold. The bulbs were replaced by an electrician on the second day, and on the third day the scaffold was removed. The work itself only took three or four hours. A department spokesman said it was "an effective use of resources and part of our program to illuminate the corridors of justice."

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