Aug. 28--A partial building collapse in the Bronx on Tuesday that left a construction worker dead and five others injured was a "preventable tragedy," the Department of Buildings said. The third floor of the new building at 94 E. 208th St., near Steuben Avenue, was overloaded with concrete masonry blocks, which caused it to collapse onto the second floor around noon, according to a preliminary ... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120 million to dramatically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water. City, state and county officials said the plan is expected to cut the time from 10 years to under 30 months to replace about 18,000 lead lines in Newark. The announcement came about two weeks ... Read More

Aug. 25--The second span of the state's new Kosciuszko Bridge will open Thursday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday. In addition to significantly expanding vehicular traffic lanes and shoulders, the addition of the second span also includes a 20-foot-wide walking and cycling path. Pedestrians and cyclists can get an early preview of the completed cable-stayed bridge on Wednesday ... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials seeking additional cleanup of the Hudson River have filed a promised lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to overturn the EPA's decision in April to give General Electric Co. a "certificate of completion" for its removal of polychlorinated biphenyls from the upper Hudson River. Boston-based GE ... Read More

Aug. 18--Northrop Grumman is calling for the state to withdraw its $585 million plan to fully clean up and contain groundwater pollution coming from its former Bethpage site, saying the proposal was "unnecessary, infeasible, and impractical." In comments submitted to the state last month, the Virginia-based aerospace and defense company said the state's proposal to pump and treat 17.5 million ... Read More

Aug. 14--A Queens steel-making company must return $6 million in stolen wages to welders and iron workers as part of a plea deal with state and city authorities. AGL Industries, which is based in Maspeth, cheated 500 workers out of overtime and other wages between 2013 and 2017, and underreported its payroll to the state labor department according to a plea agreement announced by Gov. Cuomo ... Read More

Aug. 14--The city of Newark temporarily paused its distribute bottled water to households at risk of lead contamination because the bottles were past their "best by" dates. City and state officials said water does not expire and were only labeled as such for production purposes. "That dating of water is not mandatory and has nothing to do with health aspects of the water," Newark spokesman ... Read More

The New York state board responsible for economic development has approved a $1.3 billion project to build a 19,000-seat arena for the New York Islanders hockey team at Belmont Park. Newsday reports that the Empire State Development board voted Thursday in favor of the complex that will include shops, restaurants and a hotel. The project on state-owned property would allow the National Hockey ... Read More

Aug. 7--A landfill at a Superfund site in Burlington County has been topped with 32,490 solar panels capable of generating enough electricity to power 1,300 to 2,600 homes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that the new solar farm is now operational at the Cinnaminson Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, which spans 400 acres in Cinnaminson and Delran off Route ... Read More