#Tear down NYC’s Scaffold Jungle!

#Tear down NYC’s Scaffold Jungle!

“Tear down NYC’s Scaffold Jungle!” If Mayor Eric Adams means business about “supercharging” the city economy, he can start by tearing down the Scaffold Jungle. Not with bulldozers — but by drastically  overhauling the Koch-era laws that spawned the monstrosities in the first place. “Sidewalk bridges” — an Orwellian term for sidewalk tunnels — darken…

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#M bathroom spurs NYC pol to push projects reform bills

#$6M bathroom spurs NYC pol to push projects reform bills

“$6M bathroom spurs NYC pol to push projects reform bills” A Staten Island pol says the city has such a suspect history of unnecessarily flushing away money on capital projects — including a projected $6 million bathroom facility slated for a park in his district — that he’s pushing new legislation requiring agencies to be…

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#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved

#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved

“#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved” Opponents of the New York Blood Center’s expansion plans vowed to keep fighting after the City Planning Commission approved a zoning change for the project. The commission’s 8-2 vote Wednesday would allow the Blood Center to tear down its East 67th Street building and replace it with a…

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#East Village residents rattled by constant construction

#East Village residents rattled by constant construction

“#East Village residents rattled by constant construction” An East Village corner has turned into a never-ending construction site, with noise that is rattling residents and equipment blocking traffic and already-struggling businesses. The work stems from water main breaks at the corner of East 7th Street and First Avenue that happened more than six months ago….

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#Two construction workers injured in NYC building collapse

#Two construction workers injured in NYC building collapse

“#Two construction workers injured in NYC building collapse” Two construction workers were seriously injured when a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Friday. The three-story structure on Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens was being renovated when an interior wall caved in at around 1:15 p.m., bringing with it part of the roof, the FDNY said….

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