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 ________________________________________________________________________ 221 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.