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Increase fines on seemingly "permanent" sidewalk sheds with no active work being done
Everywhere, especially commercial and high-density residential areas, there is a blight of sidewalk sheds: restricting space, contributing to trash and vermin, and causing dread of crime in these dark tunnels, if not actual crime compared to regular daylight sidewalks.
Obviously, active construction necessitates these sheds, but many are up because keeping them is cheaper than the structural deficit the DOB told them to repair. And the fines for exceeding 90 days aren't persuasive.
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Sidewalk sheds are designed to shield pedestrians from falling debris, but they have frequently become a nuisance, eliciting complaints from homeowners and businesses that they block light and vistas, attract crime and litter, and slow foot traffic along busy sidewalks1. Brooklyn State Senator Zellnor Myrie has filed legislation that would empower the state to label old NYCHA sidewalk sheds as "blight," then utilize eminent domain to remove them2. Councilman Ben Kallos has proposed legislation that could help to combat sidewalk shed blight3.
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