Nov. 11--Four workers were hurt, one with serious injuries, when a scaffolding collapsed at a tower under construction in Hudson Yards Monday morning, police said. The collapse happened about 7:30 a.m. at 50 Hudson Yards on 10th Ave. near W. 33rd St., authorities said. Police said two construction workers fell from a scaffolding on the 18th floor and landed one floor below. It wasn't ... Read More

Citing a secret visit to the crumbling train tunnels to New York City, New Jersey's two U.S. senators pushed the country's head of transportation to advance funding for repairs and the construction of a new tunnel connecting the Garden State to New York. Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, both Democrats, wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao reiterating the need to fix the ... Read More

Nov. 5--City officials desperately want Gov. Cuomo to allow them to use a fast-track contracting method that could lead to big savings on big projects. A bill passed by the state Legislature in June would allow several New York City agencies to leverage "design-build" -- a method the governor has cited as the reason why the new Tappan Zee and Kosciusko bridges were completed ahead of schedule ... Read More

Oct. 22--A wall collapse at a Lower East Side construction site at a burned out historic synagogue Monday killed one worker and injured another. First responders rushed to 60 Norfolk St. after getting a call at 9:58 a.m. and found two workers buried under a pile of brick and masonry rubble after a wall they were working on crashed down around them. Stanislaw Supinsky was taken to New ... Read More

Sep. 17--Increasingly frustrated by the lack of state borrowing authorization and the delays that's causing for local infrastructure projects, municipal leaders are appealing to Gov. Ned Lamont to help end the funding impasse. "Without approvals, towns and cities are being forced to delay projects or expend their own funds for repaving and other transportation related projects -- many of which ... Read More

PRINCETON - During its meeting Monday, the Princeton Park District Board decided against making a bond claim against its roofing contractor for his failure to bid the Bureau County Metro Center roofing project according to specifications. The board's only stipulation was that the contractor retrieve the supplies that have already been delivered to the job site. The board previously withdrew ... Read More

Sep. 16--GOSHEN -- Shipping issues connected to President Trump's ongoing trade war with China have reportedly caused a delay in the planned completion of the city's new Tactical Fire Training Facility. During their meeting Monday, members of the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety approved a request by Dustin Sailor, director of public works for the city, to extend the original Sept. 10 ... Read More

Sep. 16--Modernizing the subways' ancient signal system and greatly improving wheelchair accessibility will be key priorities for the MTA's next proposed five-year spending blueprint. The majority of the $51.5 billion capital plan -- the MTA's program for major projects between 2020-2024 -- will be dedicated to its struggling subway and bus network, according MTA officials who briefed ... Read More

Sep. 15--The city is suing to revoke the license of a contractor involved in the death of a construction worker who was killed by a falling stone at a Manhattan work site, the Daily News has learned. The Buildings Department filed for Wlodzimierz Tomczak's special rigger license to be revoked over claims Tomczak "did not take proper precautions" at a E. 50th St. façade restoration project ... Read More