Scaffold Law
MS-13's sick lawsuit scam is enabled by a perfect storm of bad NY laws
The scam goes like this: MS-13 members recruit "victims," then coach them on how to fake an accident on a street or worksite.
Groups call for investigation into NY state pension funds over possible ties to 'predatory' legal lenders
“This industry’s pernicious business model employs usurious interest rates to prey on injured New Yorkers – and our cities and towns, schools and hospitals, and other public entities are footing...
Unregulated NY lawsuit lending industry is causing 'crisis' in real estate world: Building, real estate groups
An unregulated, multi-billion dollar New York industry that encourages questionable lawsuits is causing a "crisis" in the real estate world, two powerful building and construction groups charge.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's longtime 'winning' history in Albany due to deep-pocketed donors
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has racked up a beefy resume of going to bat for his biggest financial backers.
Council speaker hopeful wined, dined ambulance-chaser lobbyists at private clubs
The Queens Democrat's campaign committees spent more than $8,000 between 2013 and 2016 on at least 78 outings in Manhattan and Albany.
City forcing dozens of property owners to erect emergency scaffolding
The city Buildings Department is installing emergency protective sidewalk sheds in front of dozens of Big Apple structures with crumbling facades -- and slapping their property owners with the bill....
The sky is falling! City cites 100s of shoddy facades after architect's death
The city issued 220 new violations in a sweep of more than 1,330 buildings with shoddy exteriors after the Dec. 17 falling-facade death of architect Erica Tishman, officials said Monday...
New York can end its insane scaffolding plague
Scaffolding covers roughly 200 miles of New York City streetfront, with nearly 4,000 sites in Manhattan alone — a blight that, as Miranda Devine wrote in Monday’s Post, plagues no...
Corey Johnson targets Scaffold Law in plan to fix MTA
Council Speaker Corey Johnson has targeted a sacred cow in his plan to reform the MTA: New York’s much-maligned Scaffold Law, which critics say boosts insurance costs for transit projects...
Molinaro calls for overhaul of 'Scaffold Law'
New York could shave billions of dollars in bloated construction costs by overhauling a single antiquated law, according to GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro. The so-called “Scaffold Law” holds developers...