With Amazon Looming, The Need For More Construction Workers Grows More Dire New York Construction & Dev

The New York City building boom shows no sign of slowing down, and the industry is faced with a profound challenge: making sure there are the people to fill the jobs in the years to come. Construction spending is set to reach $61.8B by the year’s end, according to the New York Building Congress. Employment has expanded as a result, with construction jobs to exceed 150,000, the seventh year in a row there has been an increase. But amid the wave of construction, developers and builders have grappled with a tight labor pool. Some expected an eventual pullback in development of luxury resi...