City Council Expected to Vote on Construction Safety Bill This Week

Proponents of the bill (Intro. 1447) say it will enhance worker and job site safety in New York City by requiring enhanced training for construction workers.

NEW YORK CITY—The New York City Council is expected to vote at its next meeting on Wednesday on a controversial construction safety training bill that was voted out of committee last week.

The training legislation proposed earlier this year in response to rising job site deaths and accidents that have taken place in the city was passed by the City Council’s Housing and Buildings Committee last Wednesday. Last Thursday, two construction workers fell to their deaths in separate accidents at city job sites, according to published reports.