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NY City Council Approves Reforms to City Sidewalk Shed Laws
The New York City Council unanimously voted to approve a package of five bills intended to reduce the number of sidewalk ...
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A cosmic image of New York from above is announced as one of the Open competition category winners for the Sony World Photography Awards
From the architectural grandeur of New York City to the untamed wilderness of Greenland, these photographs remind us of the power of a single image to transport, inspire, and provoke thought. To see ...
NYC Council passes tougher limits on sidewalk sheds in public blight crackdown
Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three ...
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City Council passes long-awaited legislation to tackle sidewalk scaffolding issues
The City Council approved a legislative package aimed to reduce the number of scaffolding structures on New York City streets ...
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Where the sidewalk shed ends: NYC to pass ‘major’ scaffolding reforms
A tragedy spawned the strict regulations in place today. City lawmakers enacted measures to expand inspection requirements ...
Everyone Hates Sidewalk Sheds. Now There May Be Fewer of Them.
Several bills to be passed in the City Council today are expected to change the height, the color and the ubiquity of the ...
NYC Council to vote on new rules for scaffolding, sidewalk sheds
The New York City Council is set to take up a series of bills aimed at cracking down on scaffolding and sidewalk sheds.
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FDNY Crews Make Dramatic Rescue 78 Stories above Sidewalk
The out-of-control scaffolding slammed into a window, shattering glass on the sidewalk below ... The pair were rushed to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center where they were given ...