A former model is suing the owners of 568 Broadway in Soho for $50 million after poles and sheets from the building’s scaffolding fell...

At times it feels like approximately 70 percent of Manhattan is covered in scaffolding, so why not try to make it look nicer? That,...

The Department of Buildings is tracking the city’s ubiquitous “sidewalk sheds” as officials push to root out those that have overstayed their welcome. A...

After scaffolding collapsed at a six-story apartment building in Inwood, four construction workers were left dangling. The workers, who were repointing windows at the...

In New York, scaffolding seems omnipresent and everlasting. It’s an eyesore that, beyond obscuring pleasing building façades, cause pedestrian traffic jams. And now, there...

UPDATED, 1:50 p.m., Dec. 31: A 24-year-old man died Wednesday night after falling nine stories at the Four Seasons hotel in Midtown, where he and a...

UPDATED, 6:48 p.m., Sept. 1: A worker died Tuesday afternoon after falling 13 floors from scaffolding at the Sherman Towers co-op building on the Upper East...

By coincidence, two articles have appeared nearly simultaneously on the website of the New York Times having to do with the scaffolding sheds that,...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that his administration had made progress on its vow to remove a public nuisance from the city’s housing projects: scaffolding.

Reform is needed to the state’s scaffold law, argue Reverend Andre DeGraff, first vice president of 100 Black Men, and Louis Coletti, the president...

Construction and real estate industry officials pushed Albany to overhaul New York State’s antiquated Scaffold Law, which they say has led to skyrocketing insurance...

Builders and insurers alike are calling for an end to a 19th century New York State statute that keeps construction insurance premiums at roughly...

The real estate lobby is pushing to change a law they is outmoded, drives up construction costs and stalls projects, Crain’s reported. Section 240...

Almost 18 months ago, Mayor Bloomberg, together with the Department of City Planning, unveiled what they billed as a more attractive, more modern alternative...

Building scaffolding fell onto a public city bus at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem this morning, the New York Times...

At the time, it seemed like a good idea. When Pure Yoga opened one and a half years ago at 203 East 86th Street,...