#New York general contractor

[allisonranieri]

Kitchen Pantry An undermount sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops, a white backsplash, a marble backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island, and gray countertops are all featured in this mid-sized traditional l-shaped kitchen pantry design.

[mrstheme6]

Kitchen Dining Large industrial galley eat-in kitchen idea with a light wood floor and a beige floor, an undermount sink, dark wood cabinets with flat panels, a gray backsplash, black appliances, an island, and gray countertops.

[sillybubbies]

Dining New York Large urban galley light wood floor and beige floor eat-in kitchen photo with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, gray backsplash, black appliances, an island and gray countertops

[frothandbubble]

New York Kitchen Large urban galley light wood floor and beige floor eat-in kitchen photo with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, gray backsplash, black appliances, an island and gray countertops

[thetrustydwarf]

New York Industrial Kitchen With an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a gray backsplash, black appliances, an island, and gray countertops, this large urban galley has a light wood floor and beige floor.

[speedwayconstructioncorp]

What Do General Contractors Do? Beginners Guide

If you are thinking about constructing a building, then you must be aware of general contractors. But what do they actually do? Knowledge of their functions can assist you in the successful completion of your project. In this guide, I’ll be outlining what general contractors are and their role in construction projects. The following information will help you make your project less stressful and more efficient.

[roofingbronx]

Roofing General Contractor and Concrete

At R Luis Contracting, we are here to help you bring your dream home to life. As a full-service home renovations company we offer a wide range of services including residential and commercial construction, renovation, remodeling, and more!

[noahbuilders]

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[nationallawreview]

Pay-When-Paid Provisions Still Unenforceable in New York State

Pay-When-Paid Provisions Still Unenforceable in New York State

While New York State’s Prompt Payment Act (“PPA”) provides a potential workaround for the invalid pay-when-paid provisions that appear in many construction contracts, a recent decision from the State’s Appellate Division narrows, if not closes, that loophole. In the construction industry, it is common for a general contractor to include “pay-when- paid” or “pay-if-paid”1 clauses in its contracts…

[sjsmith56]

Short Fiction Masterlist - multi-part stories

A Better Man - 10 parts AU. Bucky Barnes, a general contractor who also provides services for criminals, falls in love with the single mother of a baby girl. The baby’s father is connected to one of his rivals. Can he be the better man for her?

Away Mission - 4 part story. Bucky cuts all ties with the Avengers and his OFC girlfriend, deliberately keeping them in the dark when he is asked by Nick Fury to undertake a dangerous undercover mission. Each part has alternate POV between gf and Bucky.

Chance Encounter - 4 part story (plus a small Drabble) of an act of courtesy leading to a major revelation for Bucky that will change his life.

Complicated - Three part story of Bucky giving a ride to a runaway bride that becomes complicated by who she was supposed to marry.

Customer Service - 2 part story. Bucky shows up at the store where his ex-girlfriend works to return something. When Sam asks for help in buying Bucky a suit she helps him out. Angst and fluff.

Dates - Three part story - A visit to his old apartment brings Bucky in contact with the new tenant. With Sam’s help, he asks her out for a first date, a double date with Steve, then ghosts her for the third date until Sam intervenes.

The Fae Elements - Six Seven part story. Bucky Barnes as a fae king in the modern world courting an environmental lawyer. The dark fae want her as well. Teaser link.

The Flame Burns From Within - Six part story set in medieval times. Lord Barnes comes to claim the hand of the woman he has been betrothed to since her birth 21 years before. Others object to his claim.

The Gilded Age - Seven part Avengers / Bucky Barnes AU set in 1899. Slightly steampunk story of Bucky falling for the new librarian at the Society of Heroic Individuals and Estimable Lofty Deeds (SHIELD).

Two Steps to the Left - This is an AU four part "what if Bucky didn’t fall from the train story” with a final touch of the cap to a Disney + Marvel series. 

We Danced - Three part story of Bucky meeting a lawyer in Washington, then reconnecting with her in Paris and then New York, where they both realize they have something very special.

You Get What You Need - Two part story in Avengers AU where Bucky learns his former girlfriend had his baby, and is now dying of cancer. Her only hope is a medical treatment developed by Bruce Banner using Steve Rogers’ blood.

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[maaarine]

5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry (Megha Rajagopalan, The New York Times, March 24 2024)

"Women who cut sugar cane in the Indian state of Maharashtra are getting unnecessary hysterectomies, often as a way to keep working, undistracted by periods, pregnancies or gynecological checkups. (…)

Some women sought the surgery to avoid menstruating in the fields, where workers sleep beneath tarps with no running water or toilets.

Menstrual pads are expensive and hard to find, and there’s nowhere to dispose of them.

Women often address their periods with cloth that they wash by hand.

Others saw the surgery as an alternative to routine gynecological care.

To take a day off for a doctor’s visit, women must not only sacrifice income, but pay a fee to their employers.

Some women said they hoped the surgery would end their cramps and the pain of heavy, irregular periods.

Others are falsely told by doctors that a hysterectomy is necessary.

It’s such a widespread problem that a 2019 government investigation found that, of about 82,000 female sugar-cane workers in Beed, roughly 20 percent had undergone hysterectomies.

In the five years since that report, nobody forced the industry to change. (…)

Almost every woman I spoke to said she had married as a child, even though India bans child marriage.

They told me that they were married off to cut sugar cane alongside their husbands.

Sugar-mill contractors generally hire couples, not individuals. That system, workers said, incentivizes families to marry their daughters off early.

Child labor is also widespread, according to workers and company reports. A New York Times photographer saw children working in the fields. (…)

Coca-Cola said it buys sugar from Maharashtra, where these labor abuses are endemic.

And a businessman who runs a sugar mill in Maharashtra for Dalmia Bharat Sugar said his mill supplies Coca-Cola. A new Coke factory is under construction in Maharashtra.

PepsiCo said that one of its largest franchisees also buys sugar in the state."

[sakarixo]

SAKARI VAUGHN: LA TASK PT. 1 ✨

PART 1: THE BASICS

What is your full name?

Sakari Dream Vaughn

Where and when were you born?

Brooklyn, NY. November 27th, 1995

Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)

Tanya Miller-Vaughn: Daycare Provider/Director + Non-Profit Founder ( caring, playful, understanding and laid back) Sincere Vaughn: Currently Incarcerated; former contractor ( stern, direct and straight-forward. Judgmental at times, but also a fair and gives good advice)

Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?

Yes. Sasha + Sincere Vaughn Jr. Sasha is very sociable, a slight perfectionist and a busy body. She’s always focused on her next move when she hasn’t even taken her first. Sincere Jr is young and reckless, he likes to have the latest designer and takes what others see as his image seriously.

Where do you live now, and with whom?

Currently, in a gated community in Calabasas with her Fiancé.

Describe the place and the person/people.

Sakari’s Home is a large residence. The home has great lighting due to the plenty of floor to ceiling windows in the living space/kitchen area. It comes with an updated kitchen and appliances, marble floors, multiple bed + bathrooms, a large pool with attached hot tub, a sauna + more.

She lives with Amil her Fiancée a tall dark skin athletically built male who can be best described as laidback, yet attentive and hard working and Smoke, her 1 year old Rottweiler.

What is your occupation?

Sakari is a business owner, owning her skincare brand and working on a second business. She also now has transitioned into being a part-time influencer.

Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.

Sakari is a 5’2, 132lb African American woman with brown eyes and currently has long black hair. she has several tattoos of different sizes: Her zodiac sign, 1/2 of a matching tattoo with her sister on oone of her wrist and a wishbone on the other, a spinal tattoo, her zodiac sign on the outside of one of her wrist, she has a large tattoo on her hip that spreads to her thigh, one on the upper area of her arm and one on her thigh. Sakari has a few healed scars on her knees from her younger gymnastic days and wild adventures. Her normal style of dress varies from her mood and event. She likes to accessorize heavily, her favorite currently being van cleef stacked bracelets or her bussdown watches. She often wears designer, especially vintage but will also dress up an outfit she’s bought at target.

To which social class do you belong?

Upper Class

Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?

Sakari has no known current allergies, diseases or physical weakness.

Are you right- or left-handed?

Sakari is Right-handed

What does your voice sound like?

Sakari has a strong New-York accent that is slightly high pitched especially when excited.

What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?

“Um.” “Likeee.” “kk” “dummy” “hater.”

What do you have in your pockets?

Besides sometimes money, lipgloss or her phone she doesn’t carry much in her pocket.

Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits , or other defining characteristics?

Kari often licks her lips a lot or bites the corner of her bottom lip when thinking. She will smack her lips as well, rolling her eyes sometimes when she is annoyed, will fidget with her fingers when nervous etc.

PART 2: GROWING UP

How would you describe your childhood in general?

Sakari’s childhood was good, fun and she learned a lot. Although there was a lot going on around her both of her parents made sure she and her siblings had a good childhood. She was kept active a lot, her siblings were put in many different programs, and got to find the interest. They were never just put in one box, and their mother made sure they were never just at home, bored.

What is your earliest memory?

Getting to her mom’s daycare early in the morning and watching cartoons with the other kids.

How much schooling have you had?

She’s graduated high school, some college but has finish several certificates and schooling to be an esthetician.

Did you enjoy school?

When growing up, no. Especially when she got older. Now? Yes.

Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?

From her family, being outside with friends. Her mother was big on teaching her children their life skills. Sakari also participated in Girl Scouts for a few years, where she learned different skills that has helped her through life, the rest she has learned later on in life, from her own growth and experiences.

While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.

Her mother was her biggest role model growing up, especially after her father got arrested. Her mother made a lot happen with what she had and it made Sakari strive harder.

While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?

Sakari was close to her siblings, especially her sister, her aunts and uncles she didn’t see often but there was love. Sakari is closest to her Nana on her Mother’s side. Her father, although she never knew his siblings, he did have friends that he grew up with who were like her uncles.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A doctor, a teacher or a hairdresser.

As a child, what were your favorite activities?

Playing with dolls, gymnastics, cooking/baking, being out in the park climbing trees and having fun.

As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?

Sakari was independent, hard headed, reckless and adventurous.

As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?

Somewhat popular yes, she had a group of friends her best friends were Ashley, Jasmine and Raven. They were similar in many ways, funny and goofy liked to explore the city.

When and with whom was your first kiss?

Her first kiss was walking home from school with a boy she liked, when she was a freshman.

Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?

No. She lost her virginity to her boyfriend when she was sixteen.

PART 3: PAST INFLUENCES

What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?

Most important event of her life recently would be between securing becoming a business owner or getting engaged.

Who has had the most influence on you?

Her mom has the most influence on her, but her dad comes in at a very close second.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Her greatest achievement is becoming the person she is now and owning a successful business.

What is your greatest regret?

Greatest regret is not following her true passion sooner as well as allowing people/things to hold her back.

What is the most evil thing you have ever done?

Sakari wouldn’t say she does anything evil. The most evil thing would be leaking someone's information after they've done her wrong.

Do you have a criminal record of any kind?

Yes.

When was the time you were the most frightened?

When her father first got arrested and their entire place was searched. Sakari and her family were placed in a shelter for a brief time.

What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?

Her most embarrassing moment was when she was arrested over a dispute with her ex-boyfriend.

If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?

She would trust her intuition/gut more.

What is your best memory?

Getting engaged to.

What is your worst memory?

Seeing her father get arrested.

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[darkmaga-retard]

A new audit by the New York City Comptroller’s Office found the city overpaid upstate hotels and other subcontractors by millions to shelter illegal immigrants last spring.

Etienne de la Boetie2

Aug 12, 2024

Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime's control of the "Government," Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scams

By Cara Ding

A new audit by the New York City Comptroller’s Office found the city overpaid upstate hotels and other subcontractors by millions to shelter illegal immigrants last spring.

The audit also finds sizable undue commission payments to DocGo, a main city contractor responsible for running temporary shelters in the metro area at an annual cost of $432 million.

DocGo was one of a few city contractors tasked with developing upstate hotels-turned-shelters last May, a novel city practice that auditors deem “unusual,” and has met with strong opposition from several upstate counties, including Rockland and Orange.

Although the city’s DocGo contract has been running for over a year, the audit only looks at city payments for services rendered in the beginning months of May and June last year.

The audit covers more than 30 temporary hotels-turned-shelters managed by DocGo both inside and outside the city, including two in the town of Newburgh in Orange County.

It finds that as high as 80 percent of payments for that two-month period—at $11 million—either lack proof of services rendered or are unauthorized per the contract.

Of the questionable payments, $2.5 million were for unauthorized security, medical, and social services, $1.7 million for vacant rooms, and $230,000 for inflated food bills, according to the audit.

For example, a Newburgh hotel billed a total of $57,000 for hundreds of unoccupied rooms in early May, for which DocGo got an additional $40,000 in commissions.

[beardedmrbean]

Federal and local authorities arrested dozens of employees of New York City's public housing agency in a series of morning raids Tuesday linked to a massive bribery and extortion plot, according to prosecutors.

The raids, coordinated by Homeland Security Investigations and the city's Department of Investigation, netted the most single-day bribery arrests in the history of the Justice Department, according to Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

In all, 70 people were arrested in six states.

ILLEGAL MASTERMINDS OF NYC ROBBERY RING HACKED BANK APPS, RESOLD STOLEN PHONES OVERSEAS

"As we allege, the 70 defendants charged today allegedly demanded over $2 million in bribe money from contractors in exchange for giving out over $13 million of work," he said at a news briefing. "And if the contractors didn't pay up, the defendants wouldn't give them the work."

According to court documents, an unnamed co-conspirator allegedly texted another asking how much of a bribe she should demand: "1k per cool?"

NYPD RELEASES MIGRANT RAID PHOTOS AS SOFT-ON-CRIME LEADERS FACE NATIONAL OUTRAGE

"No problem babe, as long as your are being blessed," Angela Williams, a 64-year-old suspect who is not related to the U.S. attorney, allegedly replied.

The New York City Housing Authority, or NYCHA, is the country's largest public housing system and takes in more than $1.5 billion in federal funding every year, according to the DOJ. 

As a public entity, it is required to bid contracts for most repairs or construction work and go with the lowest bidder. But there is an exemption for essential projects, such as plumbing emergencies or broken windows, that cost under $10,000.

Management at each building was allowed to make "no-bid" deals for those jobs.

All of the suspects were NYCHA superintendents or assistant superintendents when prosecutors say they demanded cuts of between $500 to $2,000 or more per job, ultimately collecting $2 million of taxpayers' money since it came out of the funds contractors received from city and federal agencies.

"That's classic pay-to-play, and this culture of corruption at NYCHA ends today," Williams said.

The kickback scheme was so pervasive it took place in almost a third of NYCHA's properties, he said.

Investigators are asking contractors who may have been victimized by similar demands for pay-to-play bribes to contact the DOJ's whistleblower program at USANYS.WBP@usdoj.gov or the city's inspector general.

Most of the suspects have been charged with taking bribes and extortion, which carry 10- and 20-year maximum sentences in federal prison, respectively. Several face more charges.