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14 DECEMBER 06, 2024

NYC Mayor Adams announces Significant Progress

on Building Faster, Better, More Efficiently as

Governor Hochul Signs Alternative Delivery into Law

New Report Shows Implementation of Capital Process Reform Task Force

Recommendations, Saving Time and Taxpayer Dollars

OUR BUREAU through our inaugural design-build
program and building critical facili-
NEW YORK, NY
ties in record time for New Yorkers
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad- in emergencies. Thanks to this bill,
ams has released a new report it will no longer take an emergen-
Nshowing significant progress cy to use common-sense tools like
in reforming how public infrastruc- CM-build. We have already started
ture is constructed across the five laying the groundwork to expand our
boroughs and celebrated New York award-winning alternative delivery
Governor Kathy Hochul’s signing of program to New York City’s librar-
legislation last week that enables the ies, cultural institutions, and critical
city to cut red tape and deliver proj- resiliency infrastructure, and we look
ects faster and more efficiently for forward to releasing our first solicita-
New Yorkers. tions in early 2025.”
The report outlines how the city “These reforms will help New
has fully implemented, or is in the York City complete large-scale infra-
process of implementing, 100 per- structure projects more quickly and
cent of the Capital Process Reform at lower costs,” said New York City
Task Force’s 39 recommendations, Department of Transportation Com-
made in 2022, to more efficiently de- has been cracked open for years on obstacles that stand in the way of cre- missioner Ydanis Rodriguez. “Prac-
liver public infrastructure across New end, there’s a reason why: archaic ating more community investments tices like design-build can transform
York City. rules here in New York, that have and good-paying jobs.” the city’s construction process and
The legislation Governor Hochul been eliminated nearly everywhere “As we make these com- help us build better for New York-
signed — sponsored by New York else in the country, mandate that mon-sense reforms, the real winners ers across the five boroughs. We are
Senator Leroy Comrie and New York we go at a snail’s pace,” said Mayor are everyday New Yorkers. While grateful for the leadership of Mayor
Assemblymember Ed Braunstein — Adams. “New Yorkers deserve better they may never learn the names of Adams and Governor Hochul, and
will build on that progress by expand- — and thanks to our Capital Process the hard-working civil servants who for the partnership at the state leg-
ing the city’s ability to use progressive Reform Task Force and Governor made this possible or understand islature for these tools to create a
design-build and construction man- Hochul, we’re delivering just that. how long this journey took, they will more efficient capital construction
ager build — two contracting mod- The legislation Governor Hochul see transformational civic projects process.”
els which cut time-consuming and signed will let us cut a full year off of being delivered faster, with less in- “Building the infrastructure
expensive steps out of the outdated hundreds of project timelines, sav- terruption to their lives,” said Deputy that will protect New Yorkers from
design-bid-build model, resulting in ing taxpayers millions in the process. Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. our changing climate, including the
faster, more efficient project delivery. Our Task Force has found dozens of “The old system of announcing a proj- flooding that threatens public safety
Governor Hochul also signed additional ways to help us build fast- ect — and then waiting years upon and property, just got a tremendous
legislation — sponsored by New er, better, and more efficiently, and years — is finally a thing of the past.” boost that will cut costs and deliver
York Senator Luis Sepulveda and we’re moving forward on all of their “A new era of great public the projects more quickly,” said New
New York Assemblymember Jenifer recommendations. This means more works is becoming possible again York City Chief Climate Officer and
Rajkumar — which will allow New projects done on time, done on bud- for New York City,” said New York New York City Department of Envi-
Yorkers to submit comments on pro- get, and best of all — done.” City Department of Design and ronmental Protection Commissioner
curements over $100,000 online as “From the moment I took office, Construction (DDC) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala. “These new tools
opposed to requiring an in-person I have been focused on cutting red Thomas Foley, national board chair, will be put to use on the ongoing $2.6
hearing; this will save an average of tape to speed up investment in our Design-Build Institute of America. billion work to build a comprehensive
20 days on every applicable project communities,” said Governor Ho- “We have shown what we can accom- drainage system in southeast Queens,
timeline. chul. “Signing alternative delivery plish when we get the tools we need: as well as other sewer upgrade proj-
“If it seems like city construction into law allows the city to streamline delivering world-class public build- ects across the five boroughs that are
projects take forever, and your street projects, eliminating the unnecessary ings and infrastructure years faster critical to keeping New Yorkers safe.”

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