New York Today

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE OCT. 24, 2016

Updated, 11:47 a.m.

Good morning on this gusty Monday.

Nearly a century after the Second Avenue subway was first proposed,

By DANA RUBINSTEIN

It’s been long in coming, but at least one component of Gateway, the $23 billion plan to steel the Northeast Corridor’s arthritic spine, appears to be happening.

On Thursday afternoon, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,

By Patrick Lohmann | plohmann@syracuse.com 
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SYRACUSE, N.Y.– State Sen. John DeFrancisco is hoping state engineers reconsider an option for the reconstruction of the deteriorating Interstate 81 overpass,

Another Voice

By Thomas J. Spearing III

Poor road conditions and traffic congestion cost drivers about $6.3 billion statewide, or an average of $694 per driver, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers report card on New York’s infrastructure.

By JIMMY VIELKIND

ALBANY — The state’s top economic development official said Tuesday he may re-bid construction contracts on some projects that had been overseen by the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, whose leader was charged in a bid-rigging scandal.

By KNORRI ATKINSON

Elected officials and the city’s largest commercial landlord broke ground on Tuesday on a planned 58-story office building on Vanderbilt Avenue in Midtown East. The ceremony was a milestone in the city’s effort to modernize the area and attract new businesses.

POLITICS ON THE HUDSON

Jon Campbell , Albany Bureau

ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration dotted New York with 514 highway signs touting its tourism programs despite a federal ruling explicitly prohibiting the state from doing so.

By Eric Anderson

Details sparse, but experts agree on need to reinvestment

While the plans aren’t very specific, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pledge to spend $1 trillion on the nation’s decaying infrastructure is getting a warm response.

From education funding to water pipes, plenty to talk about

By Rick Karlin

Despite a 2-to-1 enrollment deficit, but buoyed perhaps by Donald Trump‘s election as president, New York Republicans are on track to hold at least 31 of 63 seats in the state Senate.

DOT formally announces I-86, I-390 projects

By Stephen Borgna

CORNING | The state Department of Transportation (DOT) formally announced major rehabilitation work being conducted on weathered sections of Interstate 86 in Corning and Interstate 390 connecting Wayland and Cohocton during a press conference Tuesday.

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ADD 23,000 EMPLOYEES IN SEPTEMBER AS SECTOR’S EMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE END OF 2008 AMID STRONG DEMAND

Industry Officials Note the Sector’s Average Hourly Earnings Increased by 2.8 Percent for the Year as Most Firms Report Shortages of Qualified Workers,

Crain’s photo shows crews take risks. Yet only employers are punished

To the Editor:

The expensive inequities and fundamental unfairness of the irrational absolute-liability standard in New York’s “scaffold law” are front and center in “Without a net”

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big-projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands-on leader.

David Wethe @davidwethe

April 26, 2016 — 6:14 PM EDT Updated on April 27, 2016 — 12:01 AM EDT

The new magic number in the oil industry is $50.

BP Plc,

ALBANY — The energy industry said the Constitution pipeline would be a huge loss to New York if the state’s decision to block it stands during an appeal.

“Thousands of dollars could be saved by average people in their heating bills alone,”