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By Frank Fortino New York State’s FY 2025 Enacted Budget marks an important step toward addressing the ongoing housing crisis. This multi-pronged plan reflects months of hard work as state officials met with industry leaders and advocacy groups to create ...
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By Katherine Baerga Effective April 2, 2024, the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has updated the procedures for Certificates of Fitness (COF). All Certificate of Fitness applicants must now apply and pay for the certification through the FDNY online ...
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By Katherine Baerga Have your permits expired? Do you have an application languishing in DOB NOW? Have plan amendments changed the scope of an application? For projects filed in the Building Information System (BIS), reactivating abandoned applications or expired applications ...
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By Andrew Pisani New York’s permanent outdoor dining program, Dining Out NYC, is officially open and accepting online applications. Part of Mayor Eric Adams’s ongoing efforts to improve the city’s outdoor spaces, the initiative builds on the success—and corrects the ...
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By Katherine Baerga In December 2023, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) published guidance for submitting as-built riser diagrams. Such diagrams serve as an official record for fire alarm, auxiliary radio communication (ARC), and emergency fire alarm systems, and ...
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By Frank Fortino Last September, when New York City Mayor Eric Adams presented his City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal, I saw it as an exciting step forward for New York and for the people who live and work ...
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By Kristen Fortino The wintry conditions here in the Northeast pretty well capture what’s happening in the Greater New York residential real estate market, which has fallen into a state of hibernation. Housing inventory is low, but that’s typical for ...
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By Jaime Pabon In December 2023, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) published the final version of its second batch of rules for implementing Local Law 97 of 2019, which establishes aggressive benchmarks to reduce the greenhouse gas ...
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By Katherine Baerga As part of the city’s commitment to sustainability, on-site fossil fuel combustion limits have gone into effect, prohibiting the use of fossil fuels for heating and service hot water (Service HW) in new buildings. Nearly 40% of ...
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By Andrew Pisani Among its many responsibilities, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) has the important job of ensuring building and resident safety and health by enforcing the city’s Housing Maintenance Code. The civil penalties ...
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By Frank Fortino On September 21, 2023, representatives of the New York City Department of Buildings met with members of the New York Coalition of Code Consultants (NYCCC) at the Penn Club of New York. We came together with the ...
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By Jaime Pabon Mayor Eric Adams’s Get Sheds Down plan has received a lot of press since it was announced last July. The initiative encourages owners to remove sheds that have been installed for extended periods, with a special focus ...
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