Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AIRMONT ‒ A New York state regulatory agency is assessing the village's code enforcement program amid claims by some residents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Vernon’s long-maligned Department of Buildings could face a takeover by New York state in August if it fails to remedy ...

May 26—PORTSMOUTH — To boost its response to code enforcement matters in the city, CE officer Andy Gedeon and City Engineer Nathan Prosch proposed multiple changes to the department before Portsmouth ...

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In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southcentral region of Turkey, with severe ground shaking extending over the northwestern region of Syria. In just ...

After Category 5 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018, there was a dramatic contrast in destruction: homes built at or beyond state building codes still stood, whereas many of ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the company and local communities, commissioners said. The ...

SPRING VALLEY − A Rockland legislative committee discussed when New York state might return building inspections and code enforcement to the Ramapo village during a Tuesday update on the county's ...

The Pflugerville City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday approved an ordinance on first reading creating a Building and Standards Commission to improve how the city addresses unsafe and dilapidated ...

More than a dozen of downtown Beaumont's buildings in the worst shape are on the upswing. Since July 2024, Beaumont's Building Codes Department has been conducting a code sweep through some 40 ...