By Frank Fortino As many of you already know, Metropolis Group recently promoted Gregory Fortino to Chief Operating Officer. This development holds tremendous opportunity not only for our organization, but also for our clients and our industry as Greg combines hands-on experience with a 21st-century perspective. The firm started 34 years… View more
By Thomas Romero Following the Bronx fire that claimed 17 lives earlier this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law five pieces of fire safety legislation. The new laws reduce the timeline for correcting certain violations, impose stiffer penalties for failure to cure violations, and ban the sale… View more
By Brian Earley At Metropolis Group, we are always looking for opportunities to provide clients with valuable, relevant information, whether educating them on the construction codes or providing clarification on confusing aspects of the code. Earlier this month, on April 5, 2022, we launched a webinar series that will explore some… View more
By Penny Laughlin If the New York City Benchmarking Law applies to your property, you have until May 31 to enter and submit your building’s usage data. Previously, the deadline was May 1. Codified in Local Law 84 of 2009 and Local Law 133 of 2016, the Benchmarking Law requires owners… View more
By Frank Fortino More than two years after COVID-19 shut down the country, the New York City construction industry has come a long way toward recovery, but the immediate future remains uncertain. The 2021 – 2023 New York City Construction Outlook, published by the New York Building Congress in its 100th… View more
By Katherine Baerga In its ongoing quest to simplify approval processes, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has announced several changes that increase transparency and streamline appointment and permit requests. Email Submission of Site Safety Plans Applicants with General Construction (GC) and Foundation (FO) jobs in DOB NOW can… View more
By Andrew Pisani Starting March 22, 2022, building owners may request a 180-day extension for the gas piping system (GPS) inspection required by Local Law 152 of 2016. As you may recall, Local Law 138 of 2021 extended the 2021 GPS inspection deadline for buildings located in community districts 2, 5,… View more
