STATE OF NEW YORK
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1160
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2017
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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:
1 Section 1. Section 28-103.21 of the administrative code of the city of
2 New York, as added by local law number 29 of the city of New York for
3 the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
4 §28-103.21 Incident lists. The commissioner shall post on the depart-
5 ment's website a list of every incident, including those where no
6 violation or threat to public safety existed, that occurred on every
7 construction site within the city of New York that resulted in an injury
8 and/or a fatality, either or both of which were reported to the depart-
9 ment or of which the department otherwise became aware. Such list shall
10 be updated monthly. Such list shall identify the owner and the general
11 contractor of the site where the incident occurred, the nature of the
12 work being performed at the time of the incident, violations issued as a
13 result of the incident, if any, and to whom such violations were issued,
14 and the number of persons injured and/or killed. Such list shall also
15 set forth the total number of injuries and fatalities reported to the
16 department or of which the department otherwise became aware that
17 occurred on construction sites within each borough and within the entire
18 city for each of the previous five calendar years.
19 § 2. Section 28-103.14 of the administrative code of the city of New
20 York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of New York for the
21 year 2007, is amended to read as follows:
22 §28-103.14 Department records. The department shall keep official
23 records of applications received, permits and certificates issued, fees
24 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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1 no violation or threat to public safety existed, that occurred on every
2 construction site within the city of New York that resulted in a fatali-
3 ty, and notices and orders issued. Such records shall be retained in the
4 official records for the period required for retention of public
5 records.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
