In Crain’s: Long-awaited reforms to city scaffolding laws poised for Council approval

The City Council on Wednesday will approve a package of five bills intended to cut back on the number of scaffolds — known as sidewalk sheds — that have long darkened New York’s streets, and improve the aesthetics of the ones that must remain up.

Several of the bills chip away at Local Law 11, the decades-old policy that requires landlords to inspect their building façades every five years and put up green plywood sheds each time they do. Now, more than 8,500 sheds stand across the city — with an average age of 500 days — and Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has allied with the council on a “Get Sheds Down” campaign.

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