In Our Town: Will Shed Dread Be Dead? Boro Pres Pushes New Regs to Speed Dismantling of Scaffolding

Scaffolding crowding a sidewalk in Manhattan

Manhattan borough president Mark Levine, with his Shed the Shed report, is pushing wants to clear some red tape for contractors while putting teeth into laws to require owners and landlords to take down scaffolding faster. Read the full story HERE.

Federal agents detained a Columbia University student Thursday morning at one of the school's residential buildings, acting President Claire Shipman wrote in an email to students. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal claimed in a social media post that the agents "impersonated NYPD with fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year old girl." CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.

In Our Town: Will Shed Dread Be Dead? Boro Pres Pushes New Regs to Speed Dismantling of Scaffolding

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