The Brian Laird Show on WNC, I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and got the Miss Newsroom filling in for Brian Laird today. And here's a riddle.

When does what goes up must come down not seem to apply?

The answer, sidewalk sheds.

We might like them when it's raining and know they're there to protect us from things heavier than falling drops of water, but sidewalk sheds, the

scaffolding building owners have to put in place during facade inspections and repairs,

sometimes stick around for years. Late last year, Mayor Adams attended the removal of one on a

Harlem building that had been there for, wait for it, 21 years that building

scaffolding could get a drink.

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine recently put out a report of the current 10 oldest

sheds in his borough starting with one dating from 2009.

He joins us now to talk about what steps, what keeps them up so long and his

plan to quote shed the sheds and expedite their removal. Welcome back, Borough President

Mark Levine.

Yes, I'm here.

Hey, Burrow President, welcome back to the show.

Thank you, Bridget.

Great to be here.

So let's start with Local Law 11, the law that says buildings have to be inspected every five years and

that's why the sheds go up. How is it supposed to work?

Let me just say big picture that we now have 4,000 sidewalk sheds on the street in Manhattan.

And there are extreme cases like those you've cited,

but they're not isolated.

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