Mayor Eric Adams announced that he’s cracking down on the city’s all too familiar, unsightly 400 miles of scaffolding and shabby sheds throughout New York City.
, Hizzoner slammed the “ugly green boxes” loathed by New Yorkers as prime offenders for blocking sunlight, deterring customers from businesses, and even serving as a “magnet” for illegal activity.
The Department of Buildings requires the structures to cover city sidewalks to protect pedestrians from fallen debris or other safety hazards during construction work.Robert Miller “Most sheds stay up for longer than a year, and some have darkened our streets for more than a decade. We have normalized the sheds all over our city and that is unacceptable,” groused the mayor.permitted by the Department of Buildings that have been standing for over a year, with an average of 500 days and more than 1,000 have been up more than three years.Getty Images
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