Retiring NYBC president Richard Anderson puts the years in perspective
In 1994, Rudy Giuliani had just beaten incumbent New York City Mayor David Dinkins, unemployment was at over 13 percent and Staten Island was threatening...
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NYC construction employment at highest level in four decades
New York City construction industry employment reached its highest level in more than 40 years and easily surpassed the number of jobs created during the...
Brooklyn gets more residential building permits than Queens and Manhattan put together
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) authorized construction of 56,528 residential units in 1,998 buildings in 2015, an almost 180 percent increase from...
City population boom drives school building tally to $3B
Buoyed by four major ground-up construction projects at the collegiate level, as well as by a spike in public school renovation projects, the value of...
Housing demand fuels construction cost hike
New York City’s climbing construction costs are a harbinger of the strongest new residential demand in over half a century, according to New York Building...
Richard Anderson to step down as Building Congress chairman
The New York Building Congress Board of Directors announced yesterday (Tuesday) that Richard T. Anderson will step down at the end of 2016 after 22...
More construction workers on the job, but wages remain flat
Private sector construction employment in New York City increased by 4.5 percent in 2014 and is up by 10 percent since 2012, according to a...