In New York City, tragedies give birth to laws. It happened in 1979, when a chunk of a building fell to a sidewalk on Upper Broadway and killed a college student, moving the City Council to enact Local Law 10. It required building owners, including co-op and condo boards, to perform regular inspections and repairs of facades. The law later morphed into Local Law 11 and is now known as the Facade Inspection and Safety Program.   Read the entire article……………………………….