Department of Buildings

Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

NYC Developers Rushed to Beat 421a Expiration in 2022, Data Shows

By Mark Hallum
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Mayor Eric Adams imposes a 3 percent budget cut across all of NYC's city agencies just as many of them are struggling to staff up, and in the case of HPD, close deals.
Design + Construction  ·  Features
New York City

How Will Mayor Adams’ Cuts Affect NYC’s Housing and Buildings Agencies?

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Former New York City Council member Eric Ulrich.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

Eric Adams Taps Former Council Member Eric Ulrich to Lead DOB

By Mark Hallum
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Design + Construction  ·  Leases
New York City

Trading Floors Challenge New York Landlords’ Environmental Efforts

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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1025 Boynton Avenue in the Bronx, owned by Moshe Piller.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

Adams Administration to Take One of NYC’s Worst Landlords to Court

By Mark Hallum
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City agencies have struggled to implement NYC's 2019 emission reduction law—Local Law 97—which requires landlords to reduce their building's carbon footprint beginning in 2024.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Emission Omission: Is New York’s Big Carbon Reduction Law for Buildings on Track?

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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66 University Place.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Developers Plan to Raze Grove Press Building for Luxury Condos

By Anna Staropoli
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The Dance with Me Studios' Fall Fantasy showcase at Grand Prospect Hall on October 30, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Design + Construction  ·  Policy
New York City

Brooklyn Teens Push for Landmark Designation to Save Grand Prospect Hall

By Celia Young
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Design + Construction  ·  Coronavirus
New York City

How New York Construction Got Safely Through COVID, According to the Experts

By Celia Young
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Carlo
Design + Construction  ·  Industry
New York City

Congressional Action: Q&A With NY Building Congress’ Carlo Scissura

By Commercial Observer Video
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Morningside Park in Manhattan.
Finance  ·  Construction
New York City

Valley National Expands Upper Manhattan Construction Deal to $42M

By Matt Grossman
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The Marrakech Hotel at 2688-2690 Broadway.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

DOB Hits Landlords of Illegal Hotels With $285K in Fines

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Children's Aid get tax exempt bond financing to purchase an office condominium at on the West 114th Street side of 114 West 125th Street.
Sales  ·  Commercial
New York City

Children’s Aid Buying Harlem Office Condo for $45.3M

By Lauren Elkies Schram
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NYC Department of Buildings
Features
New York City

After Years of Graft and Inefficiency, Can the DOB Turn Things Around?

By Rey Mashayekhi
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Leases
New York City

September Energy Code Update Brings Higher Costs

By Alexander Rippere, Metropolis Group, Inc.
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Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters (Photo- Will Bredderman/ Observer).
Design + Construction  ·  Policy

DOI: ‘Wholesale Breakdowns’ in Safety at Building Where Falling Debris Killed Girl

By Jillian Jorgensen
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