Bill Text: NY A00221 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to cities [A00221 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00221-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, JEFFRIES, KELLNER, PHEFFER -- read once
         and referred 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:
    1    Section  1.    Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds and
    2  declares that the health and safety of  the  population  living  in  and
    3  around  the many construction projects within the densely populated city
    4  of New York is a matter of state concern as  pressure  mounts  to  build
    5  more  and  more while completing projects in the shortest time possible.
    6  Construction is the most dangerous occupation,  with  death  rates  four
    7  times   the  average  for  other  workers  and  conditions  adjacent  to
    8  construction sites dangerous to the public.  Recent  construction  acci-
    9  dents  involving  cranes,  for example, have killed construction workers
   10  and members of the public, and have  resulted  or  will  result  in  the
   11  expenditure  of  state  resources for emergency services, court adminis-
   12  tration and infrastructure repair.  Additionally, two  senior  buildings
   13  department  officials  were  recently  charged with various state crimes
   14  related to their failure to perform their duties and to  protect  public
   15  safety. Construction safety in the city of New York is covered by feder-
   16  al,  state  and local statutes, regulations and agencies and can only be
   17  achieved through proper coordination and cooperation among the  federal,
   18  state  and  local  government.  Testimony  at a 2008 legislative hearing
   19  focused on safety problems in the New York City  construction  industry,
   20  including the lack of coordination, cooperation and joint planning among
   21  and between participants in the construction industry in the City of New
   22  York, including workers, industry, safety advocacy organizations and the
   23  federal, state and local government. The establishment of a construction
   24  safety  task  force with membership from these various constituencies is
   25  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.
                                                                  LBD01229-01-1
       A. 221                              2
    1  ty of the population living in and around the many construction projects
    2  within the densely populated city of New York be protected.
    3    S  2.  There  is hereby created the "New York city construction safety
    4  task force" to advise the city  on  issues  related  to  safety  in  the
    5  construction  industry  in New York city and to propose changes in rules
    6  and regulations, licensing requirements, enforcement, training  and  any
    7  other issue concerning safety in the construction industry.
    8    S  3.  Such  task  force  shall  consist of not less than thirty-eight
    9  members as follows:  (a) the mayor or the  mayor's  designee  who  shall
   10  serve as chair, the commissioners of the departments of Buildings, Hous-
   11  ing Preservation & Development, Environmental Protection, Fire, Investi-
   12  gation,  Health  and  Mental  Hygiene  and  City Planning; (b) the state
   13  commissioner of labor and two other representatives from the  department
   14  of  labor;  (c)  ten  representatives  from New York state AFL-CIO labor
   15  unions representing  construction  industry  workers  appointed  by  the
   16  mayor;  (d)  ten  representatives  from building owners, contractors and
   17  industry trade groups appointed by the mayor;  (e)  two  representatives
   18  from  immigrant  advocacy  organizations appointed by the mayor; (f) two
   19  representatives from workplace safety advocacy  organizations  appointed
   20  by  the mayor; and (g) three representatives from the New York City AFL-
   21  CIO Building and Construction Trade  Council.    The  mayor  shall  also
   22  invite  representatives from the federal Occupational Safety  and Health
   23  Administration to serve on the task force.
   24    S 4. Such task force shall meet  at  least  quarterly  and  produce  a
   25  report  at  least annually to the mayor of the city of New York, the New
   26  York city council, governor, temporary president of the senate,  speaker
   27  of  the  assembly, minority leader of the senate and the minority leader
   28  of the assembly.   Such report shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,
   29  statistics  on  accidents  and injuries occurring on construction sites.
   30  Such statistics shall be compiled by county and by size of project.
   31    S 5. The members of the task force shall serve  without  compensation,
   32  except  that  they  shall be allowed their necessary and actual expenses
   33  incurred in the performance of their duties under this title.
   34    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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