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Developing land on Long Island can present a number of challenges that all developers should be aware of. From complex zoning ordinances to state environmental regulations, there is no shortage of obstacles that may delay a...more
Our last post described the changes driven by the New York City Council in its effort to reduce the number and duration of sidewalk sheds found across the city. In addition to the sheer number of sheds in place at any given...more
That New York City, in particular Manhattan, is awash in sidewalk sheds is news to no one. This spring, the New York City Council passed several new bills with the intention of curtailing the number of sheds, as more than...more
On January 4, 2022, Labor Law §198-e – known as New York’s Wage Theft Law – went into effect. The Wage Theft Law, which applies to private construction projects, makes the prime/general contractor responsible for unpaid wages...more
Utica National Assurance Company issued a liability policy to Bond Painting Company. Bond’s employee was injured working at a construction project at premises leased by Amazon.com Services Inc. and filed a bodily injury...more
On March 26, 2025, the New York City Council passed sweeping legislation aimed at overhauling the long-standing rules around sidewalk sheds. The new legislation is intended to reduce the number of sidewalk sheds lingering on...more
In a recently published opinion, the Appellate Division, Second Department, upheld a Suffolk County Supreme Court decision granting summary judgment in favor of an injured bridge worker who slipped backwards off a scaffold...more
Key Points: New York appellate decision gives defense counsel firm ground on which to defend a standard § 240(1) case. In Simpertegui v. Carlyle House Inc., 209 N.Y.S.3d (1st Dept. May 9, 2024), a “ladder-fall” case, the...more
An owner, general contractor (GC) and subcontractor (Sub) were sued by injured workers at a construction site, and they were defended by the Sub’s insurer, U.S. Specialty Insurance Company. U.S. Specialty tendered their...more
Contractors and subcontractors that perform work on projects subject to Article 8 of the New York Labor Law must register with the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) on or before December 30, 2024. Article 8 of the...more
For participants in New York’s construction industry, the distinction between possession of supervisory authority, on the one hand, and the exercise of that authority, on the other, may have significant implications for their...more
The insured admittedly punched and threw the claimant to the ground, but the insured maintained during her plea for reckless assault in criminal court that the claimant was the aggressor, she acted in self-defense, and that...more
New York City recently released updated Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) guidelines which are expected to open up opportunities for owners to obtain C-PACE financing for new construction and energy retrofit...more
Issues involved with construction accidents in New York are very fact-specific, and it is important to obtain testimony and evidence of all aspects of the construction project to try and defeat a summary judgment motion....more
While this webinar will focus primarily on the New York construction aspect of risk transfer, it will be helpful for anyone dealing with risk-transfer issues. The presenters will also discuss activating the employer-liability...more
Goldberg Segalla partners Theodore W. Ucinski and Kelly A. McGee will discuss the basics of NY Labor Law §§ 240(1), 241(6), and 200, as well as recent cases of interest from the Court of Appeals and Appellate Division. This...more
Introduction - On November 17, 2023, amendments to New York’s Prompt Payment Act (the “Act”) were signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul and effective immediately. The amendments apply to all private construction contracts...more
On November 17, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 3539, amending Section 756-a and Section 756-c of the New York General Business Law (more commonly referred to as the Prompt Payment Act) to set the maximum...more
New York has made changes to its Prompt Payment Act (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law §756) Legislation, which Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law on November 17, 2023, provides that: • retainage on private construction projects is capped...more
On November 17, 2023, Governor Hochul signed a bill placing significant restrictions on the amount of retainage that can be withheld from contractors and subcontractors, and permitting the earlier submission of final billing...more
A newly-enacted amendment to the New York General Business Law is designed to reduce delays in final payments to contractors, limit the amount of the contract sum (“retainage”) that can be withheld by and revises the...more
Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege of working with and representing numerous construction lenders (and borrowers/developers) in the financing of some of the largest commercial projects in the United...more
As of January 1, 2024, New York City will require that all building parapets facing the public right-of-way undergo an annual inspection by a “competent person.” The stated purpose of the mandate is to maintain the city’s...more
The protections that New York affords a construction lender who properly documents and files a building loan contract and its accompanying Section 22 Affidavit, each of which is discussed in earlier installments of this...more