Slate JV plans affordable housing complex in Brownsville
Slate Property Group is teaming up with nonprofit RiseBoro Community Partnership to build a 215-unit affordable housing project in...
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Labor groups pitch alternatives to comply with emission caps law
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wanted to make it easier for owners to comply with New York City’s building emission caps....
NYC carpenters union changes how it roots out mob ties
The city’s largest construction union is taking steps to root out possible ties to organized crime among its members....
SL Green claims “saliva-spewing” picketers may be spreading Covid
UPDATED, Oct. 8 2020, 11:05 a.m.: If picketers insist on shouting expletives at SL Green CEO Marc Holliday as...
Why it has taken four years for the Plaza to fix a balcony
UPDATED Aug. 28, 2020, 2:45 pm: An internal dispute over union labor at the Plaza has gone public. In...
Navillus CEO, sister arrested in $1M scheme to cheat unions
After emerging from bankruptcy and paying a massive settlement to construction unions, Navillus Contracting faces criminal charges that its...
In nod to union, de Blasio will seek special permit for hotel development
In a victory for New York City Hotel Trades Council union, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration will seek to...
32BJ SEIU, office owners avoid strike with tentative labor contract
Union office cleaners and landlords have reached a tentative deal for a new four-year contract — more than a...
Kyle Bragg will take over as 32BJ SEIU president
Executive Vice President Kyle Bragg will take over as president of 32BJ SEIU following the death of its president...
The state is still moving on prevailing wage legislation, but the definition might not be as broad
Legislators in Albany may narrow the scope of a bill that would define which public works projects require higher wages. A new bill under...