Scaffolding-sick landlords think they shouldn’t have to deal with negligent neighbors’ sidewalk sheds stretching onto their property — unless the city starts paying up. Four Big Apple ...

Property owners whose buildings border construction sites want New York City to pay to erect scaffolding on their property, alleging “unsightly” sidewalk sheds have decreased property values ...

They’ve had enough of this shed. Big Apple lawmakers announced a series of bills Wednesday to get tough on the city’s scaffolding scourge that sees the unsightly structures stay up for years ...

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.