NYC-owned buildings have 500 scaffolding sheds — even as officials claim to be cracking down on problem: ‘Kind of pathetic’

The Big Apple claims it’s cracking down on the scourge of sidewalk sheds but there’s scaffolding at roughly 500 city-owned buildings — with about 130 that are more than three years old, according to public data. One troublesome building has had scaffolding up for over a decade. All-told, the sheds on city-owned properties account for...