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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.

Newsday · 21h

Sidewalk sheds, scaffolding get time limits under new rules approved unanimously by New York City Council

Scaffolding permits now run three months instead of one year, under the rules approved Wednesday. Sidewalk sheds must be a minimum height to 12 feet with better LED lighting.

Yahoo · 1d

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. Manhattan City Councilmember Keith Powers is leading the call for reform, saying outdated rules can allow scaffolding and sidewalk sheds to stand far longer than needed.

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NYC woman tosses blood-red liquid on Roosevelt statue during anti-Israel protest on LI: cops

Allyson Fairbanks, 60, of Briarwood, Queens, marred the otherwise peaceful Saturday afternoon demonstration outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building on Franklin Avenue in ...

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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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Sip & Sample event showcases New York wines and cheeses in Albany

Albany’s Legislative Office Building was filled with the flavors of New York as the annual Sip & Sample event returned, ...

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NY school administrators don't back Gov. Hochul’s ‘bell-to-bell’ smartphone ban

Should phones be banned from bell to bell? Or only during instructional periods? That’s at the heart of an emerging divide.

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Now a mayoral candidate, Cuomo distances himself from rent reforms he signed into law

The former governor expressed regret over certain elements of the 2019 package in a meeting with the Real Estate Board of New York.

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