For 140 years, New York has been shackled by an outdated law found nowhere else in America: the scaffold law. Enacted in 1885, this statute imposes “absolute liability” on property owners and ...

Four Long Island advocacy groups are among nearly 50 organizations statewide who have joined forces to challenge a 140-year-old law that exists only in New York State and holds property owners and ...

Last month, authorities removed the scaffolding covering the western facade of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Since then, lucky pilgrims to this legendary 5th-century B.C.E. temple—which accepts ...

A thing of beauty emerged on my Upper West Side block recently, something New Yorkers are seeing more often these days. The scaffolding overhanging two buildings down the street was dismantled, ...

Traditional bamboo scaffolding wrapped in protective mesh surrounds a high-rise undergoing façade renovation in Hong Kong. Investigators say similar scaffold assemblies at Wang Fuk Court are central ...