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NYC finally tears down oldest sidewalk shed that's rotting -- but some NYers are wondering what took so long
As the Adams administration continues a crack down on unsightly scaffolding across the five boroughs not everyone's convinced the city should be taking a victory lap.
Blame gutless City Hall for NYC's ugly scaffolding menace
Manhattan looks like a shabby, bombed-out wreck because elected officials are too chicken to tangle with the opaque scaffold-rental industry and its army of inspectors and consultants.
Iconic Brooklyn metal bar Saint Vitus closes after years of illegal operation as fans mourn loss of hardcore haven
The New York City Department of Buildings had slapped the hardcore haven with a $25,000 fine in February, saying the bar's 70-year-old certificate of occupancy only allowed for the space...
Adams vows action after ugly scaffolding costs businesses nearly $10K per month in lost revenue
Mayor Eric Adams vowed Wednesday to revamp the ugly green scaffolding peppering New York City -- after a study showed that local businesses are losing upwards of $100,000 a year...
NYC Buildings Dept. cuts back on staffing, including inspectors — despite recent collapses
The city Buildings Department has eliminated a quarter of its workforce since 2022 — and many of the jobs were held by inspectors supposed to identify issues with structures before...
Fed-up New Yorkers kept in dark by 35-block stretch of scaffolding lament city's never-ending renovations: 'It's ugly as hell'
An Upper West Side avenue has one of the most densely scaffolded stretches in the entire city -- with a more than 30-block-long area having just a single block entirely...
Furniture store owner who ran two illegal migrant shelters busted for starting third pop-up hostel in abandoned library: NYPD
When cops found Ebou Sarr inside the locked-and-chained Old Fordham Library at 2556 Bainbridge Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 14, he told them that they were walking into...
NYC safety school gave 20K paying students certificates without training them — leading to construction worker's death: DA Bragg
Authorities say the misconduct by a half-dozen executives and employees of Valor Security and Investigations led to the death of Ivan Frias, a construction worker who died in November 2022...
More than 70 Senegalese migrants discovered living in cramped NYC basement where they sleep in shifts
More than 70 migrants have been living in a cramped basement below a furniture store in South Richmond Hill, Queens — where beds are so in demand that only half...
Iconic Brooklyn metal bar Saint Vitus shuttered over building violation: 'We're shell-shocked'
“We’re shell-shocked," one of the owners told a Post reporter who knocked on the establishment's door Monday. "We’ve been here 13 years so we’re still processing. But we’re trying to...
'Fuming' Travis Kelce image fueling NYC Transportation Department's 'anti-car' agenda
Some New York City agencies used an image of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce screaming in head coach Andy Reid’s ear during the Super Bowl to push their agendas.
Elderly NYC woman killed by falling brick from crumbling townhouse: cops
A 74-year-old woman was killed outside of her Brooklyn townhouse when brick crumbled off the building and came crashing down on her, police said.
Skeletal remains found in basement of abandoned NYC building after ominous 'violation' notice
The NYPD was notified of the chilling discovery just before 2 p.m. Monday, inside the building on Jamaica Avenue near 120th Street in Richmond Hill, authorities said.
Dad of NYC tot burned to death by radiator demands urgent reform: 'People need to be held accountable'
No one “in this universe – not even an evil person” should have to experience the heartbreak felt by the Brooklyn family whose baby boy was killed by a faulty...
Brooklyn tot fatally burned by faulty radiator leaking steam took first steps a day earlier
“This was a murder of a baby,” the mother raged. “For a baby to be steamed alive in his bedroom is unacceptable.”
Brooklyn synagogue tunneler says excavation was done to send message to 'geezers' to expand crowded place of worship
A Hasid involved in digging a tunnel adjacent to the synagogue at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement’s world headquarters said he was motivated to fix a crowding problem at the holy...
Brooklyn synagogue forced to shut down after secret tunnel sparks safety concerns
City engineers found the students' illegal excavation — which was done without permits or city approval — undermined the integrity of the extension above it and the single-story extension behind...
NYC building that once housed historic cheese shop Alleva Dairy partially collapses during illegal renovation
Inspectors from the Department of Buildings found that the building’s masonry chimney gave way, leading a mass of bricks to litter the ground.
Engineer suspended over 'catastrophic' error at collapsed Bronx building
The city has suspended an engineer's inspection authority after he misdiagnosed a load-bearing column as a decorative part of the Bronx building's structure.
East Village tenants left homeless because of construction at luxury tower next door
Residents of an East Village apartment building say the city abruptly kicked them out of their homes without notice due to structural issues caused by the construction of a luxury...