The package of scaffolding bills, introduced by council members Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher, calls for a study on new ...

New York City has passed several bills aimed at reducing the nearly 400 miles of scaffolding sheds covering buildings in the ...

The New York City Council introduced a spate of new laws Wednesday aimed at finally cracking down on the thousands of ...

The New York City Council unanimously passed a new set of bills that would shorten the duration of sidewalk sheds permits and ...

Several bills to be passed in the City Council today are expected to change the height, the color and the ubiquity of the ...

Those unsightly scaffolds that are seen as part of the city’s fabric have long been an eyesore in New York. Nearly 400 miles ...

Represented by Boies Schiller Flexner and Messing & Spector, a group of property owners who called themselves “blameless ...

The City Council on Wednesday passed a series of bills to limit how long scaffolding can stay up and to introduce new, more ...

LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- New York City voted yes to sweeping changes for scaffolding standards on Wednesday. The City Council approved a package of bills that tackled issues which have ...

Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three ...

A tragedy spawned the strict regulations in place today. City lawmakers enacted measures to expand inspection requirements ...

Art versus advertising — it’s the tension at the heart of a legal battle pitting an iconic institution against New York City ...