Environmentalists fear that the governor may have agreed to ease restrictions on builders elsewhere in the state.

Still, all the crunching and juggling has taken its toll on builders.

The Board is funded by an annual levy on builders and sub-contractors.

The Giuliani administration's proposals come after the administration has already taken other measures to generate new housing, including streamlining regulations on builders.

He preferred to rely instead on private builders.

One committee voted on executives and builders for induction in every even-numbered year.

This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture.

But they did not count on other builders two miles north at 42d Street and Lexington Avenue.

Although the economics of higher stacking are generally favorable, the technique has imposed some additional demands on builders.

Real estate interests maintain that the zoning would thoroughly dampen development by imposing too many extra costs on private builders.