Americans expect their tax dollars to be used wisely, whether it’s investing in basic infrastructure, schools, or public services. However, a single law in New York is inflating the cost of federally ...

Every New Yorker has seen it, or worse had to deal with living near it: scaffolding outside buildings that has been on sidewalks seemingly forever. It's been an ongoing problem for decades, but now ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Council members are introducing new legislation that aims to speed up building facade work and curb the use of long-term sidewalk scaffolding. The measure would ...

If you believe the city’s new rules, meant to reduce the number of sidewalk scaffolds, will blow the odious eyesores away, let’s take a stroll together. Notice that Saks Fifth Avenue’s block-long shed ...

Thousands of scaffolds widely regarded as eyesores in New York City may come down quicker under a plan unveiled Monday by Mayor Adams. Under current rules, building owners are required to erect ...

Scaffolding, sidewalk sheds — or whatever you call them — are eyesores staining neighborhoods across the city. Yards of metal poles and green sheds have plagued the Highbridge Garden Houses in the ...