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New Yorker get vaccinated

Coronavirus · Industry

City Worker Vaccine Mandate Has Private Employers in NYC Scrambling

By Aaron Short

New York City Hall

Sunday Summary: The Race for New York City Council

By The Editors

A construction worker wearing a mask sits on the street near a "COVID-19 info" digital display on May 28, 2020 in New York City.

Design + Construction · Construction

New Construction Projects Off to Slowest Start in a Decade: REBNY

By Celia Young

REBNY relevancy

How REBNY Fights for Relevancy Amid a Progressive Movement and COVID-19

By Nicholas Rizzi

Bill de Blasio

Design + Construction · Construction

NYC Construction Trades Strike New Labor Agreement with De Blasio Administration

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Gary LaBarbera of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

Finance · Columnists

Construction Workers’ Safety in the Age of Coronavirus

By Gary LaBarbera

James Whelan has been president of the powerful Real Estate Board of New York for about six-months and is facing a tough political climate.

Players · Politics & Real Estate

James Whelan Talks Leading REBNY Through Turbulent Times

By Nicholas Rizzi

L Train.

Design + Construction · Infrastructure

MTA Unveils $54B Plan to Upgrade NYC Transit

By Chava Gourarie

Jerry, left, and David Wolkoff.

Features · Players

The Menschy Side of the Wolkoff Clan, Which Has Upset the Apple Cart in Queens and LI

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Justice Neil Gorsuch (right) cast the deciding fifth vote in the Janus Supreme Court case, which hobbled public sector unions and raised questions about how private sector unions will cope with the decreased revenue. (Union leaders pictured, from left to right, are Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda, 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa and Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York President Gary LaBarbera.)

Design + Construction · Construction

What the Janus Decision Means for New York’s Private Sector Unions

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

John Banks.

Wait a Second…. Stephen Ross Isn’t Anti Labor!

By John Banks

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 19: Construction continues at the World Trade Center site October 19, 2007 in New York City. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey inked a deal yesterday with Cushman & Wakefield Inc. to rent office space in the Freedom Tower which is being constructed on the site. A trade group report released Tuesday stated that annual construction spending in New York City, which topped out at a record $24.6 billion last year, should rise by 18 percent over the next three years. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Design + Construction · Construction

City Council Approves Construction Safety Training Bill

By Liam La Guerre

Design + Construction · Construction

Robots Are Coming Online to Change Construction Forever

By Liam La Guerre

Construction workers. Photo: Jeff Pachoud for AFP/Getty Images

Design + Construction · Construction

New Construction Safety Bill Draft Slammed by Open-Shop Reps, Union Cheers

By Liam La Guerre

Union workers prostesting. Photo: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Organized Labor Doesn’t Have the Grip They Once Did Thanks to ‘Open Shop’

By Liam La Guerre

NYC Department of Buildings

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

By Rey Mashayekhi

Andrew Cuomo (left) cemented himself as a friend to the Building and Construction Trades Council (headed by Gary LaBarbera, on the right) when he signed off on a new 421a program that required minimum wages for large projects.

Design + Construction · Policy

Developers and Experts Warn About Drawbacks of New 421a Program

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Sam Zell, Donald Bren and Masayoshi Son being led by Power 100 veteran Gary Barnett. Illustration: Britt Spencer/for Commercial Observer

Welcome to the List!

By Max Gross