Scaffolding costs Manhattan businesses thousands of dollars in monthly revenue, NYC says

Manhattan businesses hidden under scaffolding and sidewalk sheds lose thousands of dollars a month in potential revenue, according to a new city-commissioned study announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. The findings offer a snapshot into long-standing frustrations around structures that are part of the city’s landscape and designed to support building construction and maintenance, even as they present an eyesore to the general public and can remain for months and even years after they’re actively needed. The study, which was not released in full at the time of Adams’...