NYCHA and its job-order-contracting consultant Gordian are launching a mentorship program aimed at helping small construction businesses land public work and build their crews. FinancialContent
Mamdani signed the bill making year-round outdoor dining a permanent fixture of NYC streets, a change that resets the design standards for the sidewalk and roadway structures contractors build for restaurants. NYC.gov
The city finished redesigning the Downtown Brooklyn intersection long nicknamed 'Crashland,' closing out a DOT streetscape project the desk had been tracking. NYC.gov
Governor Hochul touted new progress on rebuilding downtown Albany, though her office's release didn't attach a dollar figure or contract list. Governor Kathy Hochul (.gov)
A court struck down New York's climate superfund law, putting a question mark over a funding stream some contractors were counting on for resiliency and retrofit work. gothamist.com
City Hall released a 400-page Racial Equity Plan touching procurement goals that matter to anyone chasing M/WBE-heavy public contracts. gothamist.com
A new affordable building at 1718 Crotona Park East in the Bronx opened its Housing Connect lottery, a sign the project has reached completion. newyorkyimby.com
New permits were filed for a project at 1923 Ocean Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn, per city records tracked by YIMBY. newyorkyimby.com
The Post reports major developers are circling a $360 million vacant Manhattan lot that could become the city's next supertall tower. nypost.com
A shuttered upstate factory is being converted into affordable housing, adding to the state's growing adaptive-reuse pipeline. Connect CRE
YIMBY checked in on seven low-rise buildings rising around Elmhurst, Queens, with framing and facade work visible on several sites. New York YIMBY
Developer Joe Farrell borrowed $49 million for a single-family community even as investors sue him over separate deals. The Real Deal
A new developer has taken over the Arrow Linen block in Brooklyn, teeing up a bigger change for the site than what was previously planned. Brownstoner
The Saffayeh Group wants to replace a Chelsea preschool with apartments, per a new filing. The Business Journals
The Giants are expanding their operations facility with an eye on player performance and recovery space, per Building Design + Construction. news.google.com
DOT is reportedly forcing Parks to scale back a greenway fix on the FDR to avoid disrupting car traffic, an escalation of a fight we've been tracking. nyc.streetsblog.org
MTA opened new elevators at the Jamaica–179th Street F station, the latest completion in its ADA accessibility capital program. transportationtodaynews.com
New documents reportedly show additional structural columns went in without proper support at the same troubled NYC tower our Incident Report desk has tracked for weeks. gvwire.com
City Council members are pressing NYU Langone to walk away from buying the Kips Bay land under the AMC Theater, arguing the hospital system's expansion plans threaten the site. ABC7 New York
CommercialSearch ranked July's five biggest NYC retail building sales, a reminder that ground-floor space is still trading even as leasing stays tight. CommercialSearch
Gothamist reports the city's BQE fix would route a temporary highway through Brooklyn Bridge Park, and park advocates are already pushing back on the staging plan. Gothamist
New York YIMBY says three new green medians around the city are nearing completion, small streetscape jobs that rarely make a bid tab but reshape a corridor. New York YIMBY
Governor Hochul announced a modernization project for the Chambers Street subway complex, a station rebuild that will eventually generate its own MTA bid packages. Tunnel Business Magazine
The MTA finished new elevators at the Jamaica-179th Street F station, closing out an accessibility upgrade contractors had been tracking for completion. Transportation Today
New York YIMBY revealed renderings for a 524-unit fourth phase of the Riverbend District complex in Harrison, New Jersey — another sign of the borough-adjacent build-out across the Hudson. New York YIMBY
General Atlantic signed a lease at 625 Madison Avenue, finally putting a long-stalled redevelopment on track, per the New York Post. New York Post
The Haven Green affordable-senior-housing project is shifting off the fought-over Elizabeth Street Garden site to a vacant Lower East Side lot, per New York YIMBY. New York YIMBY
An advanced-manufacturing property lined up a $63 million construction loan, per The Business Journals — new-build industrial money still moving even as office lending stays frozen. The Business Journals
Terra landed a $245 million refinancing on newly built apartments, per The Real Deal — one more sign lenders are back for stabilized rental product. The Real Deal
Construction Dive reports data centers are hitting record-low vacancy even as builders push record volumes of new capacity — a labor-hungry sector NYC-area electricians keep chasing. constructiondive.com
Federal JOLTS data show construction job openings and hires both rose in July, per Construction Dive — a sign hiring is loosening even as the overall labor market cools. constructiondive.com
Nearly 100 New Jersey towns have now banned data centers outright, but Gothamist reports a statewide prohibition still isn't in the cards — the fight stays local, town by town. gothamist.com
Mayor Mamdani released New York City's first citywide Racial Equity Plan, a document worth a close read for anyone tracking where M/WBE contracting goals go next. NYC.gov
SOCOTEC folded American Engineers Group under its own brand, another engineering-firm consolidation in the Mid-Atlantic infrastructure space. prnewswire.com