Road funds off-balance
By JOE LEATHERSICH
WARSAW — The Department of Transportation knows the New York City subway is important — but that doesn’t stop the roads in upstate New York from crumbling.
The Wyoming County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a resolution passed calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo restore parity between the upstate and downstate budget.
A lot of vertical construction – factories, restaurants, hotels, lofts – is going on in the Queen City. But what about the horizontal structures – roads, bridges, storm drains, sewers? We depend on them every day.
Take a closer look.
By Mike Elmendorf and Gerry Geist, Commentary
Last month, in his State of the State speech and budget proposal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was proposing a $22 billion, five-year investment in road and bridge funding,
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,
By Dian Zhang
The construction industry is facing a severe labor shortage. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median age of construction industry workers is 42.8, with young workers under 34 accounting for less than one third of the total workforce.
New York state is processing nearly $80 million in late payments for construction of the SolarCity factory in South Buffalo, representing the work done in November and December.
The payments will flow from Empire State Development Corp. to SUNY Polytechnic Institute and its nonprofit development subsidiary,
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,
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.
The price has reached $5.3 billion, more than $1 billion above original estimates
By Amanda Fung
The latest price tag for the overhaul of the aging LaGuardia Airport has soared to $5.3 billion, more than $1 billion higher than previously estimated,
Updated on March 23, 2016 — 1:55 PM EDT
The last gate of the Pacific Locks is being installed as part of the Panama Canal expansion, as the media is offered a tour, in Cocoli, near Panama City,
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
