NY Needs to Do Better for Construction Workers
Robert Wolff
March 20, 2017
Recently, an op-ed in the New York Times lamented the fact that New York City was not a safe place for construction workers. As the op-ed explained: “Poor immigrant workers are falling off our buildings and being crushed to death in our streets. The mayor, public officials and New Yorkers at large must stop tolerating, indeed condoning, this epidemic of workers dying “accidentally.” The opinion piece was prompted by the significant number of construction worker injuries and fatalities that have occurred within New York City in recent years. Unless drastic changes are made to improve safety, this troubling trend of rising construction injuries and deaths
