The History of Rikers Island in New York City
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                              02.20.2020
                              
                              
                              
                              
                                
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                                Midtown East Rezoning,
                                
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                                   Posted 
                                  02.05.2020
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                    
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                                    Midtown East Rezoning,
                                    
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                                    OneNYC,
                                    
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                                    Staten Island
                                    
                                  
                                  
                                
Uncertainty reigned as we entered the 2010s. The decade began in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the American housing crash. No one...
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                                   Posted 
                                  01.24.2020
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                    
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                                    Inspectors,
                                    
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                                    Violations
                                    
                                  
                                  
                                
NYC has ramped up façade inspections following the recent death of Erica L. Tishman, a prominent Manhattan architect who was struck by falling...
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                                  01.24.2020
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                    
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                                    Plumbing Code
                                    
                                  
                                  
                                
In 2016 Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation retroactively requiring public places and commercial businesses with single-person bathrooms to...
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                                   Posted 
                                  12.16.2019
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                    
                                    Industry News,
                                    
                                    Biggest Trends of the 2010s
                                    
                                  
                                  
                                
The book is closing on 2019, and it was full of changes in the world of building code compliance and filing construction work permits. As we turn...
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