ALBANY—As it prepares to submit its 2025-2029 Capital Program, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority must find billions in new funds even as the state tries to resolve the $15-billion shortfall in revenue created by the pause on congestion pricing.
TARRYTOWN—As the nation enters the final stretch of the Presidential campaign season, jobs are on the minds and lips of everyone. And the jobs that have long backboned the middle class in the Lower Hudson Valley are union construction jobs.
Building Trades Leaders Are Optimistic Robust Volume Will Sustain Thru 2025 Read More »
HIGHLAND, NY—State Route 218 in the Town of Highlands in Orange County has reopened to traffic for the first time since devastating floods in July 2023 washed away a nearly 300-foot-wide swath of the roadway.
ECCO III Completes Major Rebuilding Project Of Storm King Highway Ravaged by Flooding Read More »
ALBANY—As National Suicide Prevention Month continues through September, experts are urging companies to cultivate a stronger “culture of care” to support their crews and staffers. The week of Sept. 9 thru Sept. 13 was marked as Construction Suicide Prevention Week, noted Frank Marchese, Jr., who works on the front line of the crisis with the New York State Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund.
Contractors, Unions Boost Awareness Of Industry’s Problems, Suicide Rates Read More »
Performance bonds are a familiar tool in the construction industry – particularly on public works and larger private projects. Their purpose is to provide an owner or upstream contractor with a guarantee that a contractor is not getting in over its proverbial head and will actually complete the job at the cost originally contracted.
YONKERS, NY—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrived here in mid-September to celebrate the opening of the Yonkers Public School District’s newly constructed school named in her honor.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Cuts Ribbon on New School Named in Her Honor Read More »
ALBANY—In public, Gov. Kathy
Hochul has repeatedly said her order to
pause congestion pricing was motivated
by economics, not politics. But behind
the scenes, her lawyers are claiming
the debate over the controversial tolling
program does in fact live in the “political
realm.”
Should Congestion Pricing Go Before Voters? Gov. Hochul’s Lawyers Want Issue on Ballot Read More »
ALBANY—The New York State Thruway Authority announced on Sept. 10 the reopening of the newly renovated Sloatsburg Service Area located on I-87 northbound between exit 15A (Sloatsburg – Suffern – NY Routes 17 North & 59) and exit 16 (Harriman – US Route 6 – NY Route 17) in Rockland County.
Albany Update – Sloatsburg Service Area on Thruway Reopens Read More »
NEW YORK—In advance of the New York City Labor Day Parade, on Sept. 7, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed eight pieces of legislation aimed at protecting New York State’s workforce as well as improving their ability to grow and prosper in New York State.
Bill Now Requires GCs, Subs to Submit Payrolls to Certified Electronic Database Read More »
NEW YORK— The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released its proposed 2025-2029 Capital Plan on Sept. 18, outlining a $68.4-billion investment in the region’s subways, buses, railroads, bridges and tunnels over the next five years.
MTA Proposes $68.4B Capital Program; Viable Funding Sources in Question Read More »
