Yasaman Mahdi co-authored this blog. She is currently a law clerk at Cole Schotz P.C. As of January 1, 2024, New York City will require that all building parapets facing the public right-of-way ...

In November 2021, New York City enacted Local Law 126 of 2021, which is well-known in the building industry for establishing new requirements for periodic parking garage inspections. At the same time, ...

PORTLAND -- Remember the parapet on the brick building in Northwest Portland that came crumbling down during the big windstorm last week? Stunned passersby described a sound like an explosion at ...

MALDEN (CBS) – More than two dozen people were forced out of their apartments in Malden when a portion of their buidling's roof collapsed Saturday morning. "A fireman came and knocked on my door, woke ...