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The city keeps piling on new sidewalk-shed requirements even as Mayor Eric Adams touts a mostly toothless “Get Sheds Down” program. Starting Sept. 28, landlords must perform annual “parapet observa…
The city keeps piling on new sidewalk-shed requirements even as Mayor Eric Adams touts a mostly toothless “Get Sheds Down” program. Starting Sept. 28, landlords must perform annual “parapet observations” as spelled out in new Department of Buildings rules.
Under Local Law 126, passed in 2021, landlords must hire private inspectors to check out paparets for potentially dangerous conditions. If hazards are found, property owners must install “public protection” while work is done to correct them. Translation: more sidewalk sheds., which requires inspections of every building more than six feet high every five years. It requires parapet checks every year of every building “fronting the right of way” and “regardless of height.” Starting Sept. 28, landlords must perform annual “parapet observations,” likely leading to more sidewalk sheds.Kevin C. Downs Benjamin Krall, founder/CEO of Urban Umbrellas — supplier of prettier, white sidewalk sheds with flared tops — called the rule an important step towards ensuring pedestrians are kept safe from a broader scope of
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