City Worker Vaccine Mandate Has Private Employers in NYC Scrambling
A deluge of vaccine and testing orders from multiple levels of government this week is forcing New York’s private employers to wrestle with adopting new policies to maintain a healthy workplace without violating worker rights Contractors, building trades leaders, and union officials conferred with real estate leaders on Tuesday to determine the best course of action for nudging skeptical employees to get vaccinated and launch testing programs, sources told Commercial Observer. Employers had been reluctant to jump ahead of government guidelines on vaccinations before setting their own policies. Some companies have established voluntary incentives, like asking for proof of vaccination…
Date 2021-07-29
Author Aaron Short
Durst Organization employees not vaccinated by Labor Day will be fired: report
The Durst Organization has a tough message for the hundreds of its non-union employees in its corporate offices: Get vaccinated or get fired The family-run, New York real estate empire expects its corporate employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 6, or they will be “separated from the company,” a spokesman confirmed to The Post. Employees with a medical or religious objection to the jab will be dealt with on a case by case basis and may receive an “accommodation,” spokesman Jordan Barowitz added. The policy was communicated to the company’s 350 corporate employees in June, Barowitz said, and…
Date 2021-07-29
Author Lisa Fickenscher
The US is returning to early pandemic surges and restrictions. It's time to compel people to do the right thing, expert says
It has been months since Covid-19 vaccines were made available to most of the US population and things are looking much more like they did early in the pandemic: cases are surging, events are being postponed and restrictions are back The culprit is the insufficient rate of vaccinations, and a solution may be to mandate that people take action to protect themselves and their community, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the US Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee. "We've hit a wall," Offit told CNN's…
Date 2021-07-29
Author Madeline Holcombe
Sven Wraps Up Construction At 29-37 41st Avenue In Long Island City, Queens
It looks like construction is coming to a close on Sven, a 762-foot-tall skyscraper at 29-37 41st Avenue and the second-tallest building in Long Island City, Queens. Also known as Queens Plaza Park, the 67-story tower is designed by Handel Architects for The Durst Organization and will yield 958 rental units with interiors designed by Selldorf Architects, including 300 units set aside as affordable housing. Hunter Roberts is the general contractor and Jaros, Baum & Bolles Engineering administered the mechanical systems for the project, which is bound by Northern Boulevard to the east, Queens Plaza North and Dutch Kills Green…
Date 2021-07-28
Author Michael Young
Building consultant Vidaris takes 19,000 s/f at Durst tower
The Durst Organization announced that Vidaris, Inc. has signed a 10-year lease for 19,000 s/f on the 24th floor at One Five One West 44nd Street. Vidaris is moving from 360 Park Avenue South Building on its pedigree as the first green skyscraper in the country, One Five One West 42nd Street achieved LEED Gold certification under LEED v4 Existing Buildings: Operations + Maintenance. This accomplishment is a result of a $150 million-plus capital improvement program which included: new entrances, a lobby renovation, new destination dispatch controls and elevators cabs, enhanced building automation and temperature control systems, and demand-controlled ventilation…
Author Real Estate Weekly