Senate Bill S1287

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S1287 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1777
2011-2012: S7287
2013-2014: S671
2015-2016: S882

2017-S1287 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force" to advise the city on issues related to safety in the construction industry in New York city and to propose changes in rules and regulations, licensing requirements, enforcement, training and any other issue concerning safety in the construction industry; provides for not less than thirty-eight members; requires that a report be issued annually to the mayor of the city of New York, the New York city council, governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly; requires such report to include, but not be limited to, statistics on accidents and injuries occurring on construction sites.

2017-S1287 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1287 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1287
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT establishing the "New York city construction safety task force"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.   Legislative findings. The legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  the  health  and  safety of the population living in and
 around the many construction projects within the densely populated  city
 of  New  York  is  a matter of state concern as pressure mounts to build
 more and more while completing projects in the shortest  time  possible.
 Construction  is  the  most  dangerous occupation, with death rates four
 times  the  average  for  other  workers  and  conditions  adjacent   to
 construction  sites  dangerous  to the public. Recent construction acci-
 dents involving cranes, for example, have  killed  construction  workers
 and  members  of  the  public,  and  have resulted or will result in the
 expenditure of state resources for emergency  services,  court  adminis-
 tration  and  infrastructure repair.  Additionally, two senior buildings
 department officials were recently charged  with  various  state  crimes
 related  to  their failure to perform their duties and to protect public
 safety. Construction safety in the city of New York is covered by feder-
 al, state and local statutes, regulations and agencies and can  only  be
 achieved  through proper coordination and cooperation among the federal,
 state and local government. Testimony  at  a  2008  legislative  hearing
 focused  on  safety problems in the New York City construction industry,
 including the lack of coordination, cooperation and joint planning among
 and between participants in the construction industry in the City of New
 York, including workers, industry, safety advocacy organizations and the
 federal, state and local government. The establishment of a construction
 safety task force with membership from these various  constituencies  is
 essential to accomplishing the state's concern that the health and safe-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00590-01-7
              

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