Assemblyman Lancman teamed up with Assembly Labor Committee Chair Susan John and Assembly Health Committee Chair to advocate for workplace safety and health issues in the budget.

Together with other colleagues, Assembly Members Lancman, John and Gottfried sent a letter to Speaker Silver in support of full funding for New York's Occupational Health Clinic Network. The Network provides medical screening to workers in high risk industries as well as offering treatment to injured workers throughout New York, and we urged that no money generated for the Network from the existing assessment on workers' compensation insurance companies be swept into the state's general fund for other purposes.

Then, Assembly Members Lancman, John and other colleagues sent a second letter to Speaker Silver supporting Governor Paterson's budget proposal to install speed-tracking cameras in highway work zones across the state. These work zones are dangerous for road maintenance employees, as highlighted by the recent death of Department of Transportation worker Gary Farrel at the hands of a speeding motorist. This budget proposal will improve safety in work zones and raise revenue for the state.