421a talks reportedly improving ahead of deadline
The clock continues to tick toward the expiration of the 421a tax break on Jan. 15, but negotiations over...
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City announces labor deal for women and minority-owned businesses
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is taking steps to direct an increased number of city construction contracts to women...
Affordable developers express interest in union wage proposal
In a letter to union leaders, affordable housing developers proposed opening discussions on a plan that would see some organized...
Construction unions reconsider affordable housing stance
A decade ago, the Building and Construction Trades Councils did not have a lot of interest in working on New...
Staten Island’s Ferris wheel, mall hinge on union labor plans
Concerns about the lack of union labor planned for BFC Partners’ 1 million-square-foot, 125-store Empire Outlets mall in Staten Island...
Building trades council backs De Blasio for development stance
A major trades council that works closely with City Hall and the construction industry is backing Public Advocate Bill...
Construction, building workers’ unions slam Seward Park developer choices
Leaders of local construction and building worker unions have panned the city’s selection of developers to overhaul nine parcels...
City Point developers, construction union end talks
UPDATED, 4:54 p.m., Mar. 29: The Building and Construction Trades Council, a union that represents construction workers, has ended its...
Related scores union pay cuts at Hudson Yards
The Related Companies has won wage-cutting agreements with some four dozen construction unions in its efforts to save money...
Builders threaten to hire non-union workers
New York’s building contractors have voted to end a more than century-old pact to use only union labor on construction sites as a June 30 deadline nears for building trades contract negotiations in the...