May 20-- May 20--The chief executive of the firm behind several of the recent blunders in the installation of federally required crash prevention technology on the Long Island Rail Road has assured MTA leaders that his company will do "whatever it takes" to complete the project on time, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Patrick Foye said. Addressing members of the MTA Board's ... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat is calling on the federal government to step in and investigate whether a plan for new subway cars in New York City designed by a Chinese state-owned company could pose a threat to national security. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said in a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday that he's asked the Commerce Department to conduct a ... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The last section of the old Tappan Zee Bridge has been hauled away for disassembly. Crews began lowering the 600-foot (185-meter), 5,500-ton (5,590-metric ton) section on Thursday. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says Monday that barges were used to transport the final piece of the bridge offsite where it will be broken down. Meanwhile, crews are working to raise and ... Read More

May 11-- May 11--The New York Power Authority announced Thursday it has awarded a $16 million contract for nine years of work on underwater structures at the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston. BVR Construction of Churchville will work until 2027 on head gates and stop log rails, which are used to isolate the chambers of the project's 13 turbine generating units. They block the water flow to ... Read More

May 07-- May 7--Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the second span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Queens will open in September. Combined with the first span, which opened in 2017, the new bridge will have nine lanes of vehicular traffic, a lane for pedestrians and bike riders, and an improved design to handle any surges in traffic. Cuomo commended the construction ... Read More

NEW YORK 2019--NEW YORK -- A mere seven years ago, Hudson Yards looked a lot like the no-man’s land that surrounds Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. Bordered by old warehouses, gas stations, garages and a forlorn convention center, the 28-acre Manhattan site served as an open-air parking lot for train cars passing through Penn Station, a rare empty quarter in a city with a voracious appetite ... Read More

May 03-- May 3--A fight is brewing in the state Capitol over whether construction workers should be paid union wages and benefits on building projects that receive tax breaks. Contractors and real estate developers say the projects will be too costly if they are forced to pay the higher rate, known as the prevailing wage. "Should the current pending prevailing-wage legislation pass, it appears ... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Cuomo administration has launched its third solicitation for large-scale renewable energy projects as part of the governor's Green New Deal. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the annual procurements Tuesday under the state's Clean Energy Standard. The Democrat says the latest round of solicitations is expected to spur development of dozens of renewable projects and create ... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to introduce a bill banning new construction of glass skyscrapers as part of his climate change effort to reduce citywide greenhouse emissions by 30 percent. In announcing his Green New Deal on Monday, the democratic mayor says all-glass facade skyscrapers are "incredibly inefficient" because so much energy escapes through the glass. He ... Read More