"You have to be right every day" There are 1.1 million buildings in New York City, and 40,000 of those are under construction. Just 500 inspectors are checking the safety of all of them.

In an abrupt backtrack, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in recent days has exempted most of New York City’s residential buildings from ... of 5 million pounds of free compost this summer ...

“We need to free ... buildings. Landlords are also required to do their own proactive inspections on elevators, boilers, gas lines and pipes. City lawmakers have also applied new scrutiny ...