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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
Celebrating 150 years in business, Gladding McBean, the legacy terra cotta fabricators, share how they’ve integrated new technologies
into their traditional processes to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
ISSUE #52 SPRING 2025
An award-winning restoration uncovers a hidden 20th-century roofing system—and a modern solution forged through collaboration.
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Annual Meeting In Albany Focuses on Staged Accidents
On October 15th, 2024, the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) held its Annual Meeting at the James Newbury Hotel in Coxsackie,...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Legislation To Halt the Epidemic of Staged Accidents Receives NY District Attorneys' Endorsement, Opposition by Unions
A8981/S8413 would make staging a construction site accident a Class E felony. Staged Accidents bill A8981/S8413, that would make staging...
May 22, 20248 min read
Gangs, lawyers, and medical providers exploiting New York’s Scaffold Law by facilitating staged accidents.
Industry Coalition Mobilizes Against Fraud: Underwriters, Insurers, and Contractors Unite to Combat Exploitation of New York's Scaffold...
Feb 24, 20243 min read
From Sustainable Roofing to Below-Grade Waterproofing
At The IIBEC Metro NY Building Enclosure Symposium Spiro Markatos, president, Skyline Restoration, talks about the mock-up wall Skyline...
Feb 15, 20241 min read
Skyline Restoration's 15th Annual Charitable Golf Classic
A heartfelt appreciation to all those who contributed to the resounding success! Skyline Restoration and The Skyline Charitable...
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Site Safety Training for Asylum Seekers in New York
“We’re waiting for additional support to turn out another round,” says Shana McCormick, executive director of The Skyline Charitable...
Oct 25, 20233 min read
OSHA & Site Safety Training
The Skyline Charitable Foundation launches a second round of its program for individuals wishing to enter the building restoration and...
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Safety Week – MAY 1-5, 2023
From May 1-5, Safety Week aims to unite participants through a common purpose: “to provide the vision, insights, resources and...
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Celebrating Excellence
Skyline Restoration Receives Its Third Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award for One Wall Street The One Wall Street Condominium Residences...
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Gubernatorial Forum on Hunger and Poverty in NY
RAP4Bronx Hosts Watch Party for the Hunger Free America Event The Relief Access Program for The Bronx (RAP4Bronx) —powered by The Skyline...
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Architect of Impact Award
Harlem Grown Honors The Skyline Charitable Foundation On Wednesday, October 27, Harlem Grown celebrated its first decade of transforming...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
TSCF Elects a New Board And Looks Ahead to a Promising Future
For more than a decade, Skyline Restoration has been organizing charity and fundraising events with the goal of supporting communities...
Jan 6, 20222 min read
NYC Construction Outlook Forecasts $161 billion in spending for 2021-2023
The New York Building Congress and the New York Building Foundation released their 2021-2023 New York City Construction Outlook, part of...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
Bronx PowerList 2021
On December 15, 2021, Shana McCormick (right), executive director of TSCF, and program director of RAP4Bronx, and Bronx Borough President...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
Measured Progress Toward Recovery
New REBNY Report On Construction and Development. While More Construction Plans Are Being Filed, Few Are Large-Scale Development And...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Working with the best in the industry
This month marks my fifteenth anniversary with Skyline Restoration. I vividly remember the day I accepted John Kalafatis’ invitation to...
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Legalized adult-use cannabis + absolute liability Scaffold Law = ?
Why is reform of LABOR LAW 240 more urgent than ever now? On March 31, New York became the 15th state in the nation to legalize cannabis....
Jun 14, 20218 min read
Jobs in NYC construction took huge hit during the pandemic, over 14% decline
New York State has lost 40,700 (-5%) construction jobs according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) “State List of...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Lenore Janis, a trailblazer for women, 1934-2021
Lenore Janis, a founder and longtime president of Professional Women in Construction (PWC) which celebrated its 40th anniversary last...
Jun 14, 20212 min read
AACT receives AMPP (former SSPC) accreditation
The Andromeda Academy of Construction Trades Expands its portfolio of training courses and certifications Photo: AdobeStock Following one...
Jun 14, 20213 min read
In it for the long haul
The Skyline Charitable Foundation's Relief Access Program celebrates first anniversary exceeding 1.3 million meals delivered By the end...
Jun 14, 20212 min read
“Scaffold Law is holding back affordable housing”
In an Op-Ed in Crain’s New York Business titled “New York's Scaffold Law is holding back affordable housing” Jolie Milstein, president...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Billion Dollar Fix points way to NY economic recovery
WITH RELEASE OF VIDEO IN SUPPORT OF “SCAFFOLD LAW” MORATORIUM Following up on their urgent appeal to Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to...
Dec 28, 20204 min read
2020-2022 New York City Construction Outlook
While actual construction spending in 2019 ($60.6 billion) notched close to the forecasted ($61.5 billion) amount, the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Dec 28, 20202 min read
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