During melting snow and ice conditions, the Department reminded all builders, contractors, and property owners to secure their properties from hazardous conditions.
The New York City Department of Buildings announced that two effective local laws require all new buildings and existing buildings undergoing certain major roof renovations.
The Department of Buildings today is advising building owners and property managers to take added precautions when surveying damage at their properties, after historic and deadly floods.
BIC Denies an Application and Approves Rules Relating to a Financial Hardship Wavier and Safety in the Trade Waste Industry and Penalty Schedule for the Public Wholesale Markets
NYPD and BIC Announces Crackdown on Dangerous Operations by Private Carting Trucks. Week-long initiative follows two spot inspections in Manhattan and Brooklyn, where NYPD found multiple violations on every private trash truck stopped.
The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the NYC Business Integrity Commission (BIC)
today announced proposed rules to promote public safety and protect workers in New York
City’s trade waste industry.
The New York City Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) conducted an investigation into a licensed commercial trade waste carting company in response to customer complaints of overcharging by the company, and as a result two customers received more than eighteen months of restitution.
The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Commission on Gender Equity, and other City agencies today began New York City’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
Mayor de Blasio along with other admin announced the next significant step toward achieving a first-in-the-nation goal of divestment from fossil fuel reserve owners.
New York City has a long history of organizing for fire prevention and tenant protections to address the longstanding prevalence and devastating effects of residential fires. Unfortunately, under-resourced code enforcement has hamstrung the effectiveness of housing and buildings standards since the