From Sky5, a yellow Penske rental truck could be seen on its right side on the sidewalk. The crash happened during the lunch hour in a part of the city known for its restaurants and foot traffic.

The City Council recently passed legislation that will reform sidewalk shed rules to shorten the duration of sidewalk shed permits and improve their design. The council estimates that there are more ...

Sidewalk vendors have proliferated since the pandemic in Oceanside, where the City Council approved new penalties Wednesday in an effort to curb what some said has become a public health problem ...

Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three months at a time under a package of bills passed by the City Council on ...

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The City Council on Wednesday approved a package of five bills intended to cut back on the number of scaffolds — known as sidewalk sheds — that have long darkened New York’s streets ...

It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at proposed changes in rules governing a seemingly permanent part of the streetscape in New York City: sidewalk sheds around construction sites and buildings ...

Could there be light at the end of the sidewalk shed? The New York City Council is set to pass a package of measures Wednesday to speed up the removal of the dreary, green, wooden structures that ...

Soon after, he fell to the ground on the sidewalk, bleeding after he appeared to have been hit by gunfire. The man died after sustaining gunshot wounds to his upper body, the release said.