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Lawmakers Take Aim At The Hundreds Of Miles Of Scaffolding Around NYC

Lawmakers Take Aim At The Hundreds Of Miles Of Scaffolding Around NYC There are over 300 miles of scaffolding in this city. Those damp, dimly-lit plywood tunnels installed alongside construction sites are meant to keep construction materials from falling on pedestrians below. But sidewalk sheds can also be dangerous. Earlier this month, construction workers in Williamsburg were injured when a sidewalk shed gave way beneath them. Last summer, scaffolding in Brooklyn Heights fell outside a Starbucks, injuring three people below. And in 2017, a young woman suffered major spinal damage when scaffolding collapsed on her in SoHo. [ more › ] Gothamist http://bit.ly/2WtIwyy January 30, 2019 at 10:23PM

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