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As Roads Crumble, Infrastructure Spending Hits a 30-Year Low

By Eric Pianin

Last December Congress finally pushed through a $305 billion, five-year highway and transit bill after years of delay and neglect of the nation’s roads and infrastructure.

However, despite the celebration by lawmakers and state and local officials who have long sought the increased spending,

Rebuild NY Praises Senate’s Parity Push For Transportation

The coalition of building and trades organizations that is seeking parity in the funding for Department of Transportation capital projects is praising the Senate-backed budget resolution that adds an additional $3.5 billion to the five-year capital plan.

“The Senate has shown strong,

REBNY report finds most fatalities occur at shorter building sites

By Sally Goldenberg

5:14 a.m. | Mar. 16, 2016

With construction site safety an increasing source of controversy between developers and unions, the Real Estate Board of New York is releasing a study that shows most fatal accidents in New York City take place at job sites for buildings shorter than 10 stories.

New York’s transportation hub gets massive $22 billion boost

The New York City metro area took a giant step toward revitalizing its crumbling capacity-strained transport hubs on Thursday as a major bistate agency authorized up to $22 billion of spending on air, rail, and bus infrastructure.

Officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,

OSHA issues long-delayed silica rules

By Tim Devaney

Millions of construction and manufacturing workers will be protected from harmful silica dust under long-delayed rules from the Obama administration.

The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Thursday it is cutting in half the level of silica workers can be exposed to on the job.

You Paid For It – Authority overload

There are 560 public authorities in New York State, and now Gov. Cuomo is looking to add another, as another layer to one of the biggest authorities.

Greg Floyd takes a look at this proposal, because You Paid for It.

Battery Maritime Building to get a new life, again

By Dana Rubinstein

5:15 a.m. | Mar. 16, 2016

By the time Mayor Bill de Blasio’s citywide ferry service is up and running, one of the relics of the city’s ferry heyday will have finally been converted into a hotel.

Group working with de Blasio administration recommends change in building codes

By David Giambusso

5:14 a.m. | Mar. 16, 2016

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s buildings working group is about two months late with recommendations it was supposed to make on cutting building emissions across the city. But now one of the biggest players in the group has released its own report detailing ideas for reducing carbon emissions in city buildings.

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