Nov. 28—SARATOGA SPRINGS — A construction worker working at a site behind the Rip Van Dam Hotel has died from injuries he suffered in an accident last Tuesday, police said. Nelson Bernard, 52, of Hoosick Falls, was taken to Saratoga Hospital and then on to Albany Medical Center after the Nov. 22 accident, police said. Bernard died of his injuries two days later at Albany Med, police said ... Read More

Nov. 22—ALBANY — SUNY Polytechnic Institute is saying goodbye to the third person tapped to temporarily lead the college after its founding president resigned and was convicted on federal charges. It's been six years since Alain Kaloyeros resigned. He was later convicted of wire fraud to rig construction bids in favor of campaign donors of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and others. The U.S. ... Read More

The congregation is ready to let go of its church. The neighborhood isn’t. A debate over whether to preserve a once-stately Upper West Side church or to raze it to make way for a luxury condo building has erupted into lawsuits, hourslong hearings — and accusations of greed and neglect. Once the epicenter of social activism in the neighborhood, the condition of the West Park Presbyterian Church ... Read More

Nov. 14—A statewide organization representing nonunion builders and contractors is renewing its call to eliminate the project labor agreement set to be included for the Buffalo Bills new stadium, or else they will not take part in the project. ABC Empire State Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors continues to claim the use of a PLA, which requires that the majority of workers on a ... Read More

A 34-year-old construction worker was killed after falling from a bridge in Queens, New York, on Tuesday, Nov. 1, police said. Jeremy Rozan, of Staten Island, was painting beams on the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge in Queens shortly after 10 a.m. when he “fell through a construction structure,” a spokesman for the New York City Police Department told McClatchy News. Rozan fell onto the Van Wyck ... Read More

A 34-year-old construction worker was killed Tuesday after he fell from a onto the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, where he was struck by a passing car, police said. The hardhat was on the catwalk of the Roosevelt Ave. Bridge above Flushing Creek when he lost his balance about 10:20 a.m., cops said. He fell onto the north-bound Van Wyck Expressway below, where he was hit by an oncoming car. EMS ... Read More

Nov. 1—The latest stadium project for an NFL team is poised to eclipse the amount of public money going toward a new facility for the Buffalo Bills. The Tennessee Titans are closing in on an agreement for a new stadium, and the City of Nashville and Tennessee could be pumping in up to $1.26 billion in public money for what will reportedly be between a $2.1 billion and $2.2 billion project to ... Read More

For more than a decade, MTA officials told one story about the massive East Side Access project to bring Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Terminal — while construction managers repeatedly warned of another: It would cost billions more and take years longer to build than the agency said. At last, the East Side Access project is nearing completion — it is to bring the first LIRR ... Read More

Oct. 9—The clock is ticking to reach a community benefits deal for the new Buffalo Bills stadium, and it is looking increasingly likely that the latest deadline will pass without an agreement. The deadline — already extended once for 45 days — is Oct. 16 but is not immovable. The possibility of another extension has come up repeatedly in recent days. With construction slated to start in ... Read More