Applauding the de Blasio administration’s decision was Carlo A. Scissura, president and CEO of the New York Building Congress. Resuming work on the $17 billion initiative, he said in a press release, is an acknowledgment of the key role that the construction industry will have in New York City’s recovery.
The work in the city’s five boroughs includes:
- Building more school capacity in underserved and overcrowded districts.
- Affordable housing construction.
- Coastal resiliency and climate change-related projects.
- The Vision Zero initiative focused on roadway safety.
- Parks.
- Major library projects.
- Repairing, replacing and upgrading sewer and wastewater management infrastructure.
