Yippee — Mayor Eric Adams is launching a big crackdown on the city’s plague of sidewalk-jungle scaffolds, which he prefers to call “sheds.” But don’t hold your breath waiting to see the blocks-long ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Council members are introducing new legislation that aims to speed up building facade work and curb the use of long-term sidewalk scaffolding. The measure would ...

The New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to "shed the sheds," setting time limits to remove scaffolding and sidewalk sheds that have blanketed parts of the city, sometimes for years.

Scaffolding is used on construction or renovation worksites as a temporary structure to support and allow workers to perform their duties. It is often used off the ground, at raised or higher levels.