Construction News

A construction worker heads back into a Midtown site.

Thirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of Tracking

March 4, 2025, 4:55 a.m.March 4, 2025, 10:28 a.m.

On-the-job deaths climbed for the third year in a row, according to an annual report from a worker-safety group, raising alarms as city and federal watchdogs lose teeth.

Work

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Sept. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 18, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

Often living in shelters, they serve as an unregulated sales force for Latin American meals cooked after hours at restaurants, pizzerias and backyard kitchens across the city.

Amazon warehouse on 578 Cozine Avenue has five trees equally spaced along the block below a timing of amazon signature blue.

Brooklyn

Worker Injured at Amazon Construction Site With Fake Safety Logs Gets $25 Million Settlement

Aug. 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 28, 2024, 9:35 p.m.

After a construction worker fell through the roof during renovation of a Brooklyn warehouse, a contractor filed logs with signatures of a site safety supervisor who says they were forged.

A hotel construction site on West 35th Street had a stop work order from the Department of Buildings.

Development

City Orders Construction Shutdown at Adams Donor’s Midtown Hotel, In Unusual Reversal

June 13, 2024, 9:01 p.m.June 13, 2024, 9:01 p.m.

Department of Buildings officials approved the project in late 2022, after deciding the removal of existing affordable units was allowed. Following a recent investigation by THE CITY and its news partners the agency now says the project doesn’t abide by zoning requirements.

Workers make repairs on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Summer & THE CITY

Under the Boardwalk: The Unsung Heroes of Summer Saving You From Splinters

May 22, 2024, 12:59 p.m.May 28, 2024, 5:39 p.m.

The next time you don’t stub your toe while ambling along the sea-side promenade, thank Donald Grupski and his crew.

Labor

Amazon Warehouse Construction Injury Suit Settled for $4 Million Plus

March 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 21, 2024, 9:56 p.m.

Case involved faked safety logs that claimed a licensed safety supervisor was at the East New York site when a worker fell through a roof onto his head.

A bed was visible in a top-floor bedroom after a partial building collapse tore down walls at a Bronx building.

The Bronx

As Search Begins for Cause of Bronx Building Collapse, Engineer Says Water Main Work Could Be a Factor

Dec. 13, 2023, 4:16 p.m.Dec. 13, 2023, 4:16 p.m.

Hours before the Morris Heights building partially collapsed, a city contractor performed below-ground water main work a few yards away.

Adams World: Investigated

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

Nov. 5, 2023, 10:18 a.m.Nov. 22, 2023, 8:52 a.m.

Kiska Construction, which shared a CEO with the company under FBI probe, got government workers busted for accepting bribes on public works projects.

Construction

NYC Will Build Just 11,000 Homes This Year, Half of 2022 Total, Annual Report Finds

Oct. 18, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 17, 2023, 6:19 p.m.

The forecast by the New York Building Congress reflects the fallout from the expiration of a major tax break for developers.

Housing

How to Snoop Through Property Records Like a Reporter

Oct. 13, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 16, 2024, 12:33 p.m.

What’s being built down the block? Where does your landlord get mail? How much did your neighbor pay for that place? Answer those questions and many more with THE CITY’s document-digging guide.

Construction

Thirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of Tracking

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Worker Injured at Amazon Construction Site With Fake Safety Logs Gets $25 Million Settlement

City Orders Construction Shutdown at Adams Donor’s Midtown Hotel, In Unusual Reversal

Under the Boardwalk: The Unsung Heroes of Summer Saving You From Splinters

Amazon Warehouse Construction Injury Suit Settled for $4 Million Plus

As Search Begins for Cause of Bronx Building Collapse, Engineer Says Water Main Work Could Be a Factor

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

NYC Will Build Just 11,000 Homes This Year, Half of 2022 Total, Annual Report Finds

How to Snoop Through Property Records Like a Reporter

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