Pflugerville approves first reading of a panel to enforce building codes and address unsafe structures, aiming for faster, stronger enforcement.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...