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Adams signs sidewalk shed reform bills: ‘Let the light back on our sidewalks’

Mayor Eric Adams signs several pieces of legislation to address the city’s "long-standing scaffolding shed epidemic."

Apr. 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams signed a package of bills Thursday aimed at tackling New York City’s long-standing “scaffolding shed epidemic.” The five pieces of legislation, approved by the City Council in late March, are designed to reduce the number of temporary steel-and-wood sidewalk sheds that have become a familiar—and…