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Builders Pause New Projects as Home Sales Slow, but Experts Say the Time to Build Is Now

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Rather than forging ahead with new homes that won’t sell, many developers are slowing their pace of production and dropping their prices on completed units, but a slowdown in home building could prolong an existing shortage years into the future, The New York Times reports.

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Water on the Brain

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The New York City Water System (NYCWS) is one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. The last time we visited this subject in the BF Blog, New York’s governor was mulling a decision of critical importance to the sustainability of the NYCWS. This all changed when Michael Bloomberg became mayor in 2002.

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Like the “ mass flush” ordered by Bulawayo’s municipal government to clean out the city’s sewer system. (A From the New York Times. After all, they did flush quite a few toilets in Bulawayo to clear out the sewer system. If that’s how you hire an attorney, you are an idiot.

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OSHA urges safety during Sandy cleanup

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“Recovery work should not put you in the recovery room,” said Robert Kulick, OSHA’s regional administrator in New York. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging hazard awareness and protection to workers and members of the public engaged in Hurricane Sandy cleanup activities.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: The Process of Food

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Just an hour North of New York City begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border. They aim to make Genesee County the yogurt capital not only of New York State, but of the world. Genesee County, NY is a Food Processing Hub. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3

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The Process of Food

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Just an hour North of New York City begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border. They aim to make Genesee County the yogurt capital not only of New York State, but of the world. Genesee County, NY is a Food Processing Hub. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3

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#75:  Recovery for Defective Work After Termination for Convenience

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Water & Sewer Authority , 70 A.3d v City of New York , 228 A.D.2d .” Depriving a terminated contractor of an opportunity to cure defects was likewise the basis for rejecting defective workmanship claims in TRG Construction, Inc. 3d 1164, 1167-68 (D.C. Cambridge Square Condominiums , 42 A.D.3d 3d 905, 839 N.Y.S.2d