Infrastructure

Transportation

Cost of Replacing 19 Subway Elevators Expected to Double

Dec. 13, 2019, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

The estimated price tag for 19 new lifts is rising from $69 million to $134 million, according to MTA documents.

Infrastructure

NYCHA Playgrounds Languish in Disrepair While Funds Go Unspent

Dec. 2, 2019, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

At least 22 public housing playgrounds are slated for an overhaul, but the Housing Authority has given little sign of when the work will be completed.

Death on the Job

Construction Overseers Charged With Manslaughter in Death of Luis Sánchez Almonte

Nov. 21, 2019, 2:24 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez presses rare manslaughter prosecutions in the 2018 fatal crushing of excavation worker Luis Sánchez Almonte in Sunset Park.

Queens

LIC Luxury Tower Leaves Behind People with Disabilities, Lawsuit Alleges

Nov. 18, 2019, 5:20 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:28 a.m.

The federal discrimination suit against the Queens building marks the latest legal action stemming from the past decade’s development boom.

Subway

Cost of MTA Accessibility Study Rising Faster Than Elevators

Nov. 13, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

The budget for a feasibility study into installing more subway lifts and ramps to help people with disabilities has jumped 70%, MTA documents show.

Transportation

Buildings Commish Backs off Order for Q-Train Neighbors to Inspect Subway Walls

Nov. 10, 2019, 3:36 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

After THE CITY’s report and an MTA intervention, city bureaucrats say homeowners can ignore citations for failing to inspect a busy transit trench.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Homeowners Wall-Eyed at City Demand They Inspect Q-Train Trench

Nov. 7, 2019, 4:01 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Flatbush and Ditmas Park residents aghast at Department of Buildings order for reports on century-old walls they say are the MTA’s responsibility.

Life

Proposal for ‘5Pointz Towers’ Library May Have Sad Ending

Oct. 10, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Queens library officials signal interest in community board’s 11th-hour demand, but the developer of the old graffiti art site isn’t on the same page.