Mayor Eric Adams announced a crackdown on 400 miles of scaffolding around NYC, saying the eyesores were a blight on public space.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams announced a crackdown Monday on the nearly 400 miles of scaffolding around the city, saying the eyesores were a blight on public space.
“Imagine visiting Rome, Tokyo or Rio and seeing scaffolding everywhere. New Yorkers wouldn’t be happy with these unsightly constructions in other cities, and we shouldn’t be O.K. with them here at home,” Adams said. “For too long, bureaucratic rules have stood in the way of progress.” “For years, our sidewalk shed policy made it easy for property owners to leave their sheds up forever, push off repairs indefinitely and ignore the impacts of inaction,” Joshi said. “They’ve stolen our public space, because it made more financial sense to leave the sheds up than to fix the facade.”
Buildings department inspectors will initially focus on property owners in “pedestrian hotspots,” and business districts in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, according to a release.
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