Mayor Mamdani announced $2.3 million for new in-house 'Renew Crews' to handle paint jobs and small maintenance repairs across city parks and playgrounds — work that stays outside the competitive bid process. Yahoo

Amtrak's board formed a System Expansion Committee to steer passenger-rail growth, a governance step that usually comes before new corridor studies and, eventually, construction contracts. media.amtrak.com

Skanska named a new CFO for its US infrastructure business, a personnel move worth tracking given the firm's footprint on large New York-area public projects. constructiondive.com