A six-year-old girl was hit by a falling brick in Queens and suffered a broken leg, according to the New York Post and Gothamist, the latest in a string of facade-debris incidents DOB has been citing across the boroughs this month. gothamist.com
Mayor Mamdani extended the city's pause on new street fair permits, citing NYPD overtime costs, a policy call that also affects contractors who rely on street-closure permitting patterns near active sites. gothamist.com
A Gilbane-Turner joint venture topped out a $1.7 billion health sciences lab in New York, Construction Dive reports, one of the largest lab builds in the pipeline this year. constructiondive.com
Los Angeles Metro broke ground on a 12-mile bus rapid transit corridor, a reminder of how other transit agencies are sequencing BRT builds that New York's own planners watch for precedent. constructiondive.com