The Post's own math on the borough-based jail program lands near $8 billion over budget, tracking with what our Public Works desk already reported this week. New York Post
Gothamist is pushing the question our BQE coverage has skirted so far: should drivers, not the general fund, cover Mamdani's $4 billion fix. gothamist.com
YIMBY reports construction is set to resume at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side after a dormant stretch. newyorkyimby.com
Crews broke ground on the Eastern Parkway branch library expansion in Crown Heights, one more line on Brooklyn's public library capital list. newyorkyimby.com
A charter high school operator signed a 77,000-square-foot lease in Sunset Park — a space that reads like a fit-out job waiting to hit a bid list. commercialobserver.com
A new AI construction-engineering startup, Spacial, added an NYU professor as it pitches automated plan review to project teams. commercialobserver.com
New Jersey's data-center energy and water-use reporting law is now in force statewide, adding paperwork for any contractor working those sites. News 12 - Hudson Valley
A legal alert flags New Jersey's 2026 minimum wage step-up, worth a look for any NY-based contractor running crews across the river. JD Supra
Maryland began accepting bids for demolition on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, a national contract worth watching for scale even off our patch. constructiondive.com