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MasterCard conducted a study that found restaurants and bars in Manhattan have a 10% decrease in weekly business in the six months after scaffolding is put up. Brooklyn businesses may be experiencing a similar issue.

These are the sidewalk sheds that are necessary to preserve the safety of workers and people when a building is under construction.

Mayor Eric Adams says some building owners are putting up scaffolding instead of making repairs. He and the city want to expand on the "Get Sheds Down" plan from last summer. They now want to start limiting permits for these sheds and more closely observing shed construction. The city says they have taken down 173 miles of sidewalk sheds since this program began.

City statistics show there are over 2,000 active sheds in Brooklyn today.