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The City Council recently enacted a right of way law that creates a misdemeanor charge for drivers who strike pedestrians or bicyclists who have the right of way if the driver failed to exercise due care. This law is part of the City's much heralded 'Vision Zero' plan...
Less than four months into the year, 2015 has already been a deadly one for the construction industry. There have been at least seven deaths at construction sites this year, compared with eight in all of 2014. If the current trend continues throughout the year, it...
Toni Jackson's death on March 7, 2015 may have been the result of a faulty, makeshift trash hoist that was being used in the New York City Housing Authority building where she worked, according to a report generated by her union. We previously delved into this tragic...
The victim was part of a construction crew that had dug below the foundation of the building at the site to make a wooden support form to shore up the building's facade. According to reports, the accident occurred when the victim was inside the wooden structure and,...
There were 152 fatal occupational injuries in the New York-Northern New Jersey and Long Island Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in 2013, the last year for which full statistics are available. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this...
