Mount Vernon’s long-maligned Department of Buildings could face a takeover by New York state in August if it fails to remedy serious deficiencies in the city’s enforcement of the state Fire Prevention ...

Rockland officials marked three years on Feb. 14 since the county Office of Buildings and Codes took over the village of Spring Valley’s building department. The county has issued more than 16,000 ...

Most minor maintenance projects to your home don’t require permits—but they can trigger erroneous code violations. Most regular, minor maintenance projects don’t require permits—but they can trigger ...

AIRMONT ‒ A New York state regulatory agency is assessing the village's code enforcement program amid claims by some residents that the government has been lax in enforcing state fire and building ...

Bothered by increasing cases of building collapse, estate developers under the aegis of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) have called for strict enforcement of the National ...

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 ...

Note to New Orleans property owners who continue to flout the city's building code: The day of reckoning has arrived. View full sizeTed Jackson, The Times-Picayune archiveThis property in the Lower ...

CANTON – The city's building and code enforcement efforts will be reinforced with an additional plumbing inspector, code officer and assistant prosecutor. Canton City Council on Monday authorized the ...

ALBANY - Creating a statewide registry of properties with code violations as well as designating a state ombudsman to address lackluster local code enforcement programs are among 11 bills lawmakers ...

ALBANY — Inadequate enforcement of building codes has had tragic consequences in New York, with lives of occupants and first responders lost in deadly fires linked to unsafe conditions, according to ...

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 ...

A state Senate probe of New York's building codes zeroes in on two municipalities with terrible reputations: Mount Vernon, where a lone inspector handles the entire city, and Ramapo, where lax ...