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,”

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine and El Centro, Calif. Top Growth List; Odessa, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines as Energy Producing Areas Continue to See Drops in Construction Jobs

Construction employment increased in 244 out of 358 metro areas,

State cites failure to address water impacts in Constitution permit refusal

By Brian Nearing

For the second time in a week, a major natural gas pipeline project in the state appears to have hit the rocks.

Late Friday,

By Jon Chesto Globe Staff

The energy giant Kinder Morgan Inc. has pulled the plug on its controversial natural gas pipeline proposed through parts of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire, after failing to sign up enough utility customers and facing stiff consumer and political opposition.

Matt Coyne, mcoyne@lohud.com

As construction industry-wide Safety Week kicks off, the new bridge project has an incident rate of less than one percent

TARRYTOWN – The new Tappan Zee Bridge project is earning high marks for its low injury rate.

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending advanced in March to its highest level in more than eight years. Gains in home building and nonresidential construction offset a drop in government projects.

Construction spending rose 0.3 percent in March after a 1 percent gain in February,

Related chairman praises rise of nonunion workers, and organized labor strikes back
Stephen Ross of the real estate company called the proliferation of nonunion labor on construction sites ‘good news’

By Rosa Goldensohn

The chairman of the Related Cos.

By David Klepper, The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. 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,

WASHINGTON | By Lucia Mutikani

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to a more than one-year high, but economists blamed striking telecommunications workers for the surge and said the data did not signal a deterioration in the overall labor market.