New York City Department of Buildings

540 Atlantic Avenue.
Sales  ·  Mixed Use
New York City

Developer Buys Boerum Hill Office Building for $39M to Redevelop Into Apartments

By Mark Hallum
Former New York City Council member Eric Ulrich.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

Former New York Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich Indicted in Bribery Probe

By Nicholas Rizzi
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New York Mayor Eric Adams is joined by Governor Kathy Hochul as he speaks during a news conference at a Manhattan subway station where the two politicians announced a new plan to fight homelessness in New York on Jan. 06, 2022 in New York City. Among other initiatives, the city will increase the presence of outreach workers and police on subways to get homeless out of the trains and into shelters. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

NYC Starts Program to Let City Employees Work Remotely 2 Days a Week

By Mark Hallum
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A residential building under construction in Brooklyn.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

NYC Apartment Construction Filings Continue to Tumble: REBNY

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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The city's Department of Buildings has struggled with less staff since the pandemic began, and it faces another round of budget cuts under Mayor Eric Adams.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

NYC’s Department of Buildings Struggles With Budget Cuts, Staff Vacancy

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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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  ·  Architecture
New York City

Adams Plans to Prevent Destruction of Historic Buildings Through Neglect

By Mark Hallum
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Construction workers work on a site on Lenox Avenue on July 22, 2022 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

2022 Was the Deadliest Year in NYC Construction Since 2019

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine hopes to streamline regulations around sidewalk sheds and facade inspections in hopes that sheds will come down faster.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Manhattan Borough President Wants Sidewalk Sheds to Come Down Much Quicker

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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45 Broad Street.
Development
New York City

45 Broad Street Residential Tower May Restart With New Developer

By Mark Hallum
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Construction workers work on a site on Lenox Avenue on July 22, 2022 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
Industry
New York City

Construction Worker Fatalities in New York Outpaced Pre-Pandemic Deaths

By Mark Hallum
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277 Canal Street.
Design + Construction  ·  Neighborhoods
New York City

First Housing Development Under SoHo Rezoning Proposed for 277 Canal

By Mark Hallum
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Features
New York City

Final Rules for NYC’s Local Law 97 Still Up in the Air Less Than a Year Out

By Aaron Short
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An emission comes out of a smokestack on the west side of Manhattan as the sun rises in New York City on January 16, 2022, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Environmentalists Argue Carbon Credit Rule Creates Big Loophole for NYC Emissions Law

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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14 Gay Street.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

Future of Historic West Village Homes Uncertain After Illegal Work Goes Awry

By Mark Hallum
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An emission comes out of a smokestack on the west side of Manhattan as the sun rises in New York City on January 16, 2022, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.
Design + Construction  ·  IMPACT
New York City

Pols Want City to Cap Energy Credits NYC Landlords Can Buy in Local Law 97

By Mark Hallum
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Former New York City Council member Eric Ulrich.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

DOB Head Eric Ulrich Resigns Amid Gambling Probe

By Mark Hallum
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Daniel Kaplan, senior partner at FXCollaborative Architects, presented their proposal for the residential building that could replace the West-Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side during a June 14, 2022 LPC hearing.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

LPC Starts Review on Removing Upper West Side Church Landmark Status

By Mark Hallum
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Industry  ·  Politics & Real Estate
New York City

Sunday Summary: Presenting the Power 100 for 2022!

By The Editors
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