Some residents on the Upper West Side and most New Yorkers in general are fed up with the scaffolding spectacle that some buildings in the city have turned into.
For blocks and blocks on the Upper West Side, all you can see in front of buildings and over sidewalks is scaffolding.The problem is the worst on West End Avenue. with a huge number of buildings between 107th and 72nd Street featuring at least one sidewalk shed, if not more."Today when it was raining, I took the scaffolding route and took West End all the way home because I didn’t have my umbrella," said one Upper West Side resident.
Some landlords refuse to do the repair work and instead pay for violations.In a statement to FOX 5 NY the Department of Buildings said: "This administration is committed to protecting public safety, and we are using every tool at our disposal to compel owners to properly maintain their buildings in a safe condition, which has helped reduce the number of long-standing sheds on our sidewalks and beautify our public spaces.
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