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Ex-NYC buildings commissioner accused of trading favors for cash, Mets tickets
Prosecutors say New York City’s former top building-safety official took cash, New York Mets tickets, a discount on a luxury apartment and other bribes from a real estate developer, a restaurateur and others.
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Tired of Scaffolding? NYC Has New Plan to Get Rid of Long-Standing Sidewalk Sheds
Every New Yorker has seen it, or worse had to deal with living near it: scaffolding outside buildings that has been on sidewalks seemingly forever. It’s been an ongoing problem for decades, but now lawmakers are trying again to bring down the sidewalk sheds.
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New Proposal for Crackdown on NYC Sidewalk Sheds
Andrew Siff reporting on the proposal that could remove structures that were meant to be temporary.
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NYC Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich Resigns Amid Gambling Probe: Officials
The head of New York City’s Department of Buildings resigned Thursday amid a gambling probe by Manhattan prosecutors, according to three administration officials familiar with the development. Eric Ulrich, 37, steps down almost six months to the day he was appointed to the job. He had his phone seized earlier this week as part of the investigation, the scope of…
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NYC Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich Resigns
The head of New York City’s Department of Buildings resigned Thursday amid a gambling probe by Manhattan prosecutors, according to three administration officials familiar with the development.