Feb. 17—Some thought building 20% escalation costs into Orchard Park Central School District's $114 million capital project a couple of years ago was too much. Turns out, it wasn't nearly enough. Costs have gone up more than 50%, Superintendent David Lilleck said last week. Orchard Park is among districts running into inflation and a shortage of contractors willing to bid on building work ...
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ROCHESTER — This city could get as much as $22 million in additional revenue over the next six years from ongoing Mayo Clinic construction, according to area officials. That projected revenue could more than offset the cost to hire more staff in anticipation of the upcoming glut of construction across Rochester, city officials told the Rochester City Council Monday during a study session. The ...
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Feb. 12—As Zephyr Partners works to complete the first part of its new South Buffalo cannabis campus, the California-based developer owned by Brad Termini is already running afoul of key minority workforce requirements. As part of the land-sale agreement with the Buffalo Urban Development Corp., Zephyr agreed to comply with the city's standard requirements of 25% participation by ...
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Mayor Adams, along with city and state officials, unveiled more details Friday about a $56 million effort to revitalize a section of Manhattan’s Chinatown — an effort he first announced last month at his State of the City speech. Adams said at a news conference the new city and state partnership allowed them “to really reclaim the narrative of what we always focused on: public space, public ...
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Feb. 9—State economic development officials have reversed their decision to exclude a Hamburg steelmaker from New York's woman-owned business program. But while the about-face is good for Lauren Chmielowiec and Upstate Steel, another large company near the Buffalo Bills' new stadium site says it is struggling to get work on the $1.5 billion project. "I'm bidding the Bills project right now," ...
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Dozens of New York City Housing Authority building supers were arrested Tuesday in a massive multi-agency takedown for demanding bribes while contracting out minor apartment repairs, officials said. Tuesday’s bust, which landed 55 current NYCHA employees and 15 retirees in handcuffs, marked the largest number of federal bribery charges filed in a single day in Department of Justice history, ...
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A 64-year-old construction worker died following an accident at the construction site for the new $3 billion Brooklyn borough jail in September in an incident not previously reported, the Daily News has learned. Yong Chin Son fell 18 feet through a hole that had been covered by loose planking while removing asbestos on the 11th story of the old Brooklyn House of Detention at 275 Atlantic Ave. ...
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