New York City officials are stepping up enforcement of Local Law 10, which regulates building facades, after debris falling from a Manhattan building killed a city-based project management firm executive on Dec. 17. Industry members are calling for beefed up enforcement of existing statutes in the city and elsewhere in the U.S.
Erica Tishman, 60, an architect and vice president of Manhattan-based Zubatkin Owner Representation LLC, died after being struck by debris that fell from a brick tower at 729 Seventh Ave., near W. 49th Street in Manhattan’s midtown section. The city Dept. of Buildings (DOB) announced Dec. 30 that it would ramp up inspections, more strongly enforce Local Law 10 and add 12 new inspectors.