Adams is tackling NYC's scaffolding problem

Adams also gave migrants a 60-day shelter vacate notice. [FORWARD TO A FRIEND]( [VIEW IN BROWSER]( [DONATE]( [WNYC Politics Brief] [Mayor Adams mounts effort to take down NYC scaffolding]( [Mayor Eric Adams, in light blue pants and a white short-sleeved colored shirt with the word mayor on the back, speaks to a crowd at the Intrepid Museum’s Memorial Day ceremony]( Jake Offenhartz Goodbye and good riddance to an NYC eyesore: scaffolding. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced a crackdown on the nearly 400 miles of scaffolding around the city, saying the structures were a blight on public space. There are currently 9,000 active permits for scaffolding, also known as sidewalk sheds, in the city. They stay in place an average of nearly 500 days and occupy 3% of city sidewalks, according to a press release from the mayor's office. “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.” [Read more.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- More politics stories to know this week Adams gives 60-day vacate notice to single adult migrants as shelters reach capacity Under a new city policy announced Wednesday, Adams is allowing single adults in New York City’s emergency shelters for migrants two months to find housing before they’ll be asked to reapply for shelter. [Read more.]( NYC buildings with subsidized tenants are getting denied insurance coverage A review of documents by Gothamist found that dozens of insurance companies don’t want to cover buildings where low-income tenants use housing vouchers to pay for apartments. [Read more.]( DOT repair workers sue city for overtime pay Nearly 400 Department of Transportation highway repair workers are claiming they are owed overtime pay in a lawsuit against the city. [Read more.]( Queens councilmember calls on NYS police to honor trooper’s religious accommodations request A Sikh state trooper is claiming his supervisors are stopping him from growing facial hair and wearing a turban, even though there’s a 2019 law which allows for such religious exemptions. [Read more.]( Judge blocks Cuomo documents request Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to get his hands on documents related to a pair of investigations that helped force his 2021 resignation was [blocked by a federal judge](. Cuomo is also waging a war against the state’s new ethics board to keep the $5 million he received for writing a book about the early COVID-19 days. [Read more.]( New Jersey is suing NYC over congestion pricing A lawsuit filed Friday by New Jersey officials seeks to block the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, which will charge motorists entering Manhattan south of 60th street, with Jersey officials arguing the new toll will make traffic surge in communities throughout the state. [Read more.]( Trump’s hush money case will remain in NYS Supreme Court A judge ruled that the hush money case against Former President Donald Trump is staying in New York state Supreme Court, even though Trump’s legal team is pushing to move it to federal court. [Read more.]( New Brooklyn jail will have more beds, but less room to treat mental illness A unit at a city jail that is intended to help people with mental illness and addiction will be downsized in favor of more beds for detainees at one of the four jails under construction to replace Rikers Island. [Read more.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- [the logo for the Brian Lehrer daily politics podcast] [Maya Wiley on Misinformation, Disinformation and RFK, Jr.]( Maya Wiley debriefs her testimony last week to a House subcommittee on the dangers of ignoring misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. [LISTEN]( Support WNYC + Gothamist Make a donation to support local, independent journalism. Your contributions are our largest source of funding and pays for essential political coverage and more. [DONATE]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [WNYC]( [WQXR]( [NJPR]( [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 All rights reserved. [Terms of Use.]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your [preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list