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Assembly Bill A1160

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the department of buildings keeping records regarding fatal construction accidents

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2017-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§28-103.21 & 28-103.14, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1309
2021-2022: A3038
2023-2024: A1073
2025-2026: A2081

2017-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the department of buildings keeping records regarding fatal construction accidents and posting all fatal accidents in the incident list.

2017-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1160
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  the  department  of  buildings keeping records regarding
   fatal construction accidents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 28-103.21 of the administrative code of the city of
 New  York,  as  added by local law number 29 of the city of New York for
 the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   §28-103.21 Incident lists. The commissioner shall post on the  depart-
 ment's  website  a  list  of  every  incident,  INCLUDING THOSE WHERE NO
 VIOLATION OR THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY EXISTED,  that  occurred  on  every
 construction site within the city of New York that resulted in an injury
 and/or  a fatality, either or both of which were reported to the depart-
 ment or of which the department otherwise became aware. Such list  shall
 be  updated  monthly. Such list shall identify the owner and the general
 contractor of the site where the incident occurred, the  nature  of  the
 work being performed at the time of the incident, violations issued as a
 result of the incident, IF ANY, and to whom such violations were issued,
 and  the  number  of persons injured and/or killed. Such list shall also
 set forth the total number of injuries and fatalities  reported  to  the
 department  or  of  which  the  department  otherwise  became aware that
 occurred on construction sites within each borough and within the entire
 city for each of the previous five calendar years.
   § 2. Section 28-103.14 of the administrative code of the city  of  New
 York,  as  added  by local law number 33 of the city of New York for the
 year 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §28-103.14 Department records.  The  department  shall  keep  official
 records  of applications received, permits and certificates issued, fees
 collected, reports of inspections, EVERY INCIDENT, INCLUDING THOSE WHERE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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