Brief New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that his administration has entered into new Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) with the city's building trade unions and has proposed state legislation that would require contractors working in the city to hire low-income New Yorkers and those from areas with high poverty levels. The
High-speed trail projects move forward despite coronavirus With more people working remotely, transportation agencies have found themselves with less revenue, which could mean fewer expansions of commuter transit services and a diminished ability to stay current with maintenance. In New York City, for example, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials said recently that without federal
Building a factory during a pandemic: an owner's perspective Gathered Foods Executive Chair Chris Kerr still hasn't seen the place that has consumed a great amount of his thoughts and actions for the last two years, $20 million of his company's funds and 42,500 square feet in an industrial park in Heath, Ohio. But
