The newly-enacted laws provide the Department of Buildings (DOB ... reduces the duration of sidewalk shed permits. The laws also increase the cycle of façade inspection requirements; expand ...

Mayor Eric Adams signed a series of bills Thursday designed to address the issue of sidewalk sheds—temporary structures erected to protect pedestrians during building repairs—that have become ...

“We’ve already taken down 330 longstanding sidewalk sheds and began our ... this will allow the city’s Department of Buildings to use new tools to remove scaffolding and create designs ...