Subcommittee on Workplace Safety

The Juvenile Justice Worker Protection Act (A.2129/S.4940), sponsored by Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens) and Senator Catharine Young (R-Olean), will soon be headed to Governor Cuomo's desk for signing, having passed the Senate yesterday and the Assembly...

Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens), chair of the Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, is pleased to announce that the legendary Shubert Organization -- the largest theater group in New York, with twenty theaters -- has agreed to adopt language...

Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens), Chair of the NYS Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, announced legislation (A.7910) to protect hotel workers from on-the-job assaults by requiring hotels to provide staff entering hotel rooms with electronic...

Today Assembly Members and the NYS Department of Labor teamed up with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York City Comptroller John C. Liu and federal safety representatives to kick-off the first annual New York State Immigrant Workers' Rights Awareness...

Assemblyman Rory Lancman (Chair, Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety), Senator Eric Adams, Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried (who represents the theater district) today held a press conference in front of the Foxwood Theater, the home of "Spider-Man:...

As covered by today's Wall Street Journal and WNYC, Assembly Members Rory Lancman (D-Queens) and RoAnn Destito (D-Utica), lead a roundtable discussion on emergency preparedness in New York City's Theater District on Monday December 6, 2010. The roundtable...

Senate Labor Committee Chair George Onorato and I recently introduced S.7841/A.11206, which would mandate that prevailing wages are paid to employees who construct and maintain buildings that house charter schools. This bill is especially important as...