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SUFFERN, NY— Hundreds of curious high school students got an inside look at the world of building and construction late last month at the 24th Annual Construction Career Day, the premier industry-sponsored career exposition in the Hudson Valley.

NEW YORK—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Delancey Street Associates announced on April 4 the commencement of projects to make the Delancey St–Essex St Station complex accessible and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and to develop mixed-income housing on the former site of the Essex Market.

NEW YORK—The Gateway Development Commission commissioned a new economic impact analysis of the first five contracts in active construction on the Hudson Tunnel Project. The analysis released recently found that work underway will support 20,200 direct, indirect, and induced full-time equivalent (FTE) workers while generating $4.5 billion in economic output and $1.7 billion in labor income.

The Hudson Valley is growing—in population, tourism and business relocations and expansion—and with growth comes a greater demand for mobility. This isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity—and our infrastructure needs to evolve with this reality.

NEW YORK—Court documents filed recently with the federal court in the legal battle between the federal government and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority concerning the controversial congestion pricing program in New York City reveal that any court ruling will likely not be handed down until at least October.

GOSHEN, NY—In what was promised as the first in a series of “Tax Fraud Days of Action” events in the Hudson Valley region, members of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters and Carpenters Local No. 279 were joined by Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler to highlight the high cost of construction labor tax fraud and wage theft.

ALBANY—A host of construction industry, labor, government and safety advocates are pushing for several highway work zone safety programs and initiatives that are now part of New York Gov. Kathy Hochl’s proposed state budget.

A downstream contractor has no contractual relationship with a project owner; that relationship is between the general contractor (or, here, the construction manager, Hill) and the owner. Accordingly, parties downstream from the construction manager cannot sue the owner if they sustain money damages caused by the owner. In response to this lack of contractual privity, the downstream contractor and construction manager may enter into a liquidating agreement, or pass-through agreement, where the downstream contractor assigns its claim to the upstream contractor. Such a provision may also already be in place in the downstream contractor’s boilerplate contract.

ALBANY—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a breakdown of how the Trump administration’s cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program will impact critical infrastructure and community resilience projects in New York State. With the action, the federal Department of Homeland Security has revoked more than $325.5 million in funding for projects that have not yet begun construction.

WASHINGTON—Following years of seeking relief for an ailing multiemployer pension plan for union workers, New York’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 1783 Fund, which covers electrical workers in the Hudson Valley, will receive an approximately $45.9 million pension-fix, it was announced late last month.