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sheds while construction progresses but some stay for years. reporter: incorporated into the architecture of the hotels, with lights, signs or just bare tubes, these are the sheds that invade new york city. >> since it’s raining right now it’s good to cover up. reporter: except for New Yorkers who cover facades who seem resigned to living in hiding.>> Imagine having a business, they put a scaffolding on you for a year or two, basically blocking your business. Reporter: It all started in 1979, when a 17-year-old girl died after a brick fell on her in Manhattan, this started Law 11, which since 1988, requires the inspection of the façade of buildings with more than six floors in New York City every five years.>> It is uncomfortable but necessary for the progress of this city. Reporter: And that is where the reign of scaffolding begins, because the law requires that the inspectors go up to these platforms to check the building and report anomalies, a shed must be installed to protect pedestrians, the problem is that in many cases, everything stays up in the air. >> it is a multi-million dollar expense, it can cost a lot and the rent will be profitable from the scaffolding, which costs him $10,000 a year. reporter: we are on fifth avenue and 65th street in manhattan this area is not spared from unwanted decoration either, according to the new york city department of buildings, at the end of june the number of sheds installed is around 8800. If we put them in a row, they would basically travel from here to Agusta and these sheds have been installed for an average of 482 days, some of them are over 5 years old. >> We have seen cases of up to 15 years and it is a problem for public safety. Reporter: To solve them, we are considering speeding up the delivery of construction permits.>> also ensure that owners have access to funds and fines.>> it gave the city the power to go to the municipality itself to do the repairs on the facades to be able to remove the scaffolding and then give the invoice to the owner of the building. reporter: even the beautiful architecture of the criminal court of new york is covered by rude pipes and nets with no apparent repair underway, that is why an interesting proposal, as marclevin tells us, is to prevent the scaffolding from being installed from the beginning or only to carry out the inspections when legalizing the
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