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DOT is also responsible for oversight of transportation-related issues, such as authorizing jitney van services and permits for street construction. DOT also advocates for transportation safety issues, including promotion of pedestrian and bicycle safety. Its regulations are compiled in title 34 of the New York City Rules.
Formed in 1996 by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Department of Design and Construction's function was to unify the Department of Transportation's street construction program, the Department of Environmental Protection's water main and sewer construction program and the Department of General Service's vast building program, including construction of Police, Fire and Sanitation buildings ...
The Sheriff's Office (Sheriff) is the primary civil law enforcement agency of New York City and the enforcement division of the New York City Department of Finance. The Fire Department (FDNY) provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services.
“We’re very concerned, especially on Cornelia Street. It’s a very narrow street,” said CB 2’s Valerie De La Rosa. Yet most shed applications are expected to be approved in time for the ...
2 lanes of Carroll Street: New York City Designated Landmark and one of four retractable bridges in the country [11] Third Street Bridge: 1905 [10] 350 feet: Third Street: Ninth Street Bridge: 1999 [10] 700 feet: Ninth Street: Vertical Lift Bridge Culver Viaduct: 1933 [12] 0.6 miles trains: passes over the Ninth Street Bridge, carrying 4 tracks ...
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.
Filming permit requests for TV and film projects in New York City were down 13% in April and 31.5% in May as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike raged on, Variety has confirmed. According to ...