By Brittney Rosario On Thursday, November 6th more than 3,000 real estate professionals will come together to foster an environment that allows professionals to seamlessly network and meet the industry leaders of today. Do not miss out on this wonderful opportunity to meet over hundreds of real estate-related vendors and potentially… View more
By Renee Sosnowski Local Law Number 153 (LL 153) for the year 2013 amended various sections of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, including two sections in the Air Pollution Control Code and one section in the Noise Control Code. LL 153 requires the Commissioner of the DEP… View more
By Austin Regan Changes are soon to come to Chapter 32 – Encroachments Into The Public Right of Way. For the first time, marquees will be allowed on office buildings (BC 3202.2.1.4.5), which will give designers more flexibility in creating unique and dramatic entrances to their buildings. Permitted balconies have also… View more
By Andrew J. Pisani I often write about the two major energy initiatives impacting buildings – LL 84 for Benchmarking and LL 87 for Energy Auditing and Retro-Commissioning. With the focus usually on what to do next, it’s interesting to take a moment and reflect on what’s happened to date. The… View more
By Garvey Thelemaque With the 2014 Building Code right around the corner, there’s no better time than right now to start diving into it. The DOB has posted a full version of the 2014 Code, as well as detailed information on both the process and the major changes. A good place to… View more
By Austin Regan It may be an understatement to say the Building Code is an imperfect document. Like any law, the Code had many interested parties with many different agendas. None of those parties got the exact document they wanted. In many cases certain sections of the Code were agreed to… View more
By Penny Laughlin From the outside looking in, the NYC’s Landmark Preservation Commission at times seems like a secret society shrouded in mystery, that shares more questions than answers. As arbiters of NYC’s past, the LPC weighs heavily on how our present day and future City will look and feel. In… View more