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By Kevin Sun | Research By Matthew Elo | May 20, 2021 07:30AM

With global supply chains, an inherent need for on-site workers and a client base that depends on optimism, construction...

By Orion Jones | May 06, 2021 08:00AM

Two landlords — one in Brooklyn and the other in Queens — racked up almost $200,000 in fines in...

By Sasha Jones | April 21, 2021 03:54PM

After an electrician alleged that Covid protocols were being ignored at an Amazon construction site, a Department of Buildings...

By Sasha Jones | Research By Kevin Sun | April 20, 2021 05:45PM

Covid-19 protocols are being willfully ignored at an Amazon warehouse construction site, an electrician alleged in a Department of...

By Orion Jones | April 02, 2021 08:00AM

Three landlords trying to pack people into residences like sardines were hit with big fines by New York City’s...

By Sasha Jones | Research By Orion Jones | February 12, 2021 05:30PM

A city Department of Buildings inspector was charged with soliciting a cash bribe from a construction company that was...

By Kathryn Brenzel | December 11, 2020 07:30AM

Just in time for the holidays, the City Council delivered a gift to developers and their contractors: fewer trips...

By Kathryn Brenzel | October 01, 2020 05:30PM

At the end of this month, the owners of tens of thousands of buildings in New York City will...

By Kathryn Brenzel | September 01, 2020 07:00AM

A proposed City Council bill aims to streamline how new and renovated buildings are opened. The measure, sponsored by...

By Kathryn Brenzel | August 10, 2020 07:00AM

Weeks before what would have been her younger sister’s 59th birthday, Lori E. Gold was unsettled by reports of...