Scaffold Law (New York) New York State Legislature Territorial extent New York (state) Enacted by New York State Legislature Enacted 1885 Status: In force The Scaffold Law is a New York...
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As state legislators traveling our districts, we hear often about the need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and the billions of dollars required to address the long-term deterioration of our roads and bridges, water and sewer infrastructure, schools or our airports. We also know someone who is in need of housing — either low income, for seniors and those struggling with substance abuse, developmentally disabled people or those who have mental health illness. No matter where you live in New York, these needs are real and they've all b ...
Scaffolding accidents result in thousands of injuries each year. The New York scaffold accident attorneys at Fuchsberg Law Firm can help when the unimaginable happens.
The Hudson Gateway project will incur an estimated $180 to $300 million in additional costs due to the Scaffold Law. New York has the highest per capita lawsuit costs in the nation, and in...
NYC’s Scaffold Safety Law ensures that contractors must provide their workers with proper safety equipment while doing work at high elevations. These conditions are the most dangerous in...
Council Speaker Corey Johnson has targeted a sacred cow in his plan to reform the MTA: New York’s much-maligned Scaffold Law, which critics say boosts insurance costs for transit projects and on other construction in New York State by hundreds of millions of dollars. The Scaffold Law assigns 100 percent liability on owners and contractors for workplace injuries — without considering whether the worker is at all to blame. New York is the only state with such a one-sided law, which Johnson says drives up costs to cover negligence suits, accor ...
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Critics of a New York State law meant to protect construction workers say it fails to hold the employees responsible when their own negligence causes accidents.