Every few months here at the New York Construction Law Update I try to provide you with a list of potentially important statutory amendments that will impact the construction industry. As always there are a number of interesting changes in … Continue reading
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New York City Underpinning Concerns
In densely populated metropolitan areas such as New York City, contractors will often encounter situations where they have to install underpinning on an adjacent property in order to prevent, or limit, damaging it during construction operations that excavate below the … Continue reading
New York Trust Fund Claim Barred By Statute of Limitations?
In Precast Restoration Services v. Global Precast Inc. the plaintiff, a subcontractor, sued a general contractor that hired it, along with the corporation principals of the general contractor, for diversion of trust funds under New York Lien Law Article 3A. The … Continue reading
Who are the necessary parties to a lien foreclosure action after the mechanic’s lien has been bonded?
There are typically two reasons that a mechanic’s lien in New York gets bonded: 1) to remove the mechanic’s lien from the property itself and remove the encumbrance from title; and 2) to prevent the owner from being sued in … Continue reading
Vincent Pallaci Published in NYREJ
www.NYREJ.com published an article written by Vincent Pallaci on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 entitled “In order to avoid problems during construction, it is critical to keep open lines of communication”. The article discusses the points of construction within the confines … Continue reading
