The Times reports newly surfaced documents show additional structural columns at the tower under scrutiny lacked proper support — a deepening of the story, but without a specific address or DOB record in hand we're not building it into a standalone yet. nytimes.com
NYC Health + Hospitals says its outreach teams are now visiting active job sites directly to hand out naloxone and overdose-prevention material to construction crews, building on our earlier coverage of the city's jobsite push. nychealthandhospitals.org
Amtrak has broken ground on a new maintenance facility in New York City, another rail capital project stacking up alongside its East River tunnel rehab work, per Progressive Railroading. Progressive Railroading
The Times examines how heavily the city's housing plan now leans on converting vacant office towers to apartments — steady work for interior-demo and residential-fit-out crews downtown. nytimes.com
A vacant Astoria lot has formally filed for rezoning to build a nine-story, 128-unit building, adding a specific project to the Astoria rezoning activity we've been tracking, per Crain's. Crain's New York Business
Spectrum News reports homebuilders are rebidding lumber contracts and stockpiling material ahead of a possible new round of Canadian softwood tariffs. Spectrum News
Skanska has named a new CFO for its US infrastructure business, a leadership change worth knowing if you're tracking who signs off on the firm's mega-project bids. Construction Dive
Commercial Observer reports rising liability lawsuits are pushing insurance costs high enough to stall multifamily housing deals nationally — a cost line every GC's estimate now has to account for. commercialobserver.com
New permits were filed for a project at 2429 Morris Avenue in Fordham Heights, the Bronx, per New York YIMBY. newyorkyimby.com
Binghamton officials say several housing developments are moving forward as the city targets thousands of new units, an upstate data point for anyone bidding outside the five boroughs, per WBNG. WBNG