June 9, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Like any good plumber looking at a complex job, UA Local 1 Business Manager John Murphy is approaching the goal of
June 4, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – When pressed, the de Blasio administration says reforming NYC’s 421–a tax abatement program with a prevailing wage component for construction workers,
June 3, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The debate over reforming the city’s controversial 421-a tax exemption program is largely being portrayed as an all or nothing proposition.
May 30, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The ongoing affordable housing debate raging between Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York’s building trades may have just gotten a
May 29, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – Private sector construction employment in New York City increased by 4.5 percent in 2014 and is up by 10 percent
May 26, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The legislative session in Albany ends very soon, but the real estate industry and organized labor are spending profusely on an all-out
May 22, 2015 By Neal Tepel San Fransico, California – While the real estate market in San Francisco has been on the upswing in recent years, housing and commercial construction
May 13, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – This week, New Yorkers learned that Department of Buildings inspectors probing construction site accidents like the one that most recently claimed
May 12, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Statistics from both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, clearly indicate
May 11, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Union members, elected officials and worker safety advocates held a press conference at City Hall to bring attention to a new report
