Sidewalk violation - city repair or contractor?

Hi! We live in a 3-family brownstone with an old bluestone sidewalk and just got a violation from the city for several sections. We are trying to figure out whether to have the city repair as part of the Expedited Sidewalk Program or hire a contractor. If we do the latter, we will probably replace the bluestone with cement (we are not landmarked) because it’s very expensive to replace the bluestone entirely and we just fixed another piece because of a trip concern from our insurance. Most of the sidewalks on our block are cement. But first we are trying to figure out what happens with the Expedited Program—does the city just replace with cement? Is it more or less costly? Would love to hear from anyone who has been through this and went with the city or contractor. Thank you so much!

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Thank you! Did you have a bluestone sidewalk or was it concrete?

workisfun | 3 years and 9 months ago

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I asked the city to fix my violations. It was easy and more affordable. It made sense to me to have the authority do the repair, so there wouldn’t be any problems with contractors not fixing or causing more problems (cracking more spots).