Report: NYC needs to take action on energy, as Indian Point closure looms
With New York City’s largest source of electricity generation marked for extinction amid a projected increase in energy demand, New York must add significant new...
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Report: Construction wages highest in a decade
New York City construction industry employment rose for the fifth consecutive year in 2016, surpassing 140,000 for the first time in at least four decades,...
Scissura has eye on future as he gets busy at NY Building Congress today
The new head of the New York Building Congress (NYBC) is bringing an outer borough mentality to the 96-year-old organization, focusing on bringing in members...
REW TV: NYBC’s Carlo Scissura on the construction industry’s prospects
Carlo Scissura, who was recently named the president and CEO of the New York Building Congress, has a positive outlook on the new year. “Building...
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce chief takes over NY Building Congress
Carlo A. Scissura, a lifelong New Yorker and veteran of Brooklyn politics, business, and economic development, has been named president and CEO of the New...
Housing demand fuels construction cost hike
New York City’s climbing construction costs are a harbinger of the strongest new residential demand in over half a century, according to New York Building...
Richard Anderson to step down as Building Congress chairman
The New York Building Congress Board of Directors announced yesterday (Tuesday) that Richard T. Anderson will step down at the end of 2016 after 22...
Three years after Sandy, progress continues in resilient NYC
Since Superstorm Sandy overwhelmed much of the east coast in October 2012, New York City, along with its State and federal partners, has allocated more...
City earmarks $8 billion for infrastructure
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is slated to receive substantially more funding in the City’s 2016 Executive Budget than last year. A...