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The deadline to apply for the Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism is just a few weeks away! The deadline to submit your application is Tuesday, July 31. Every year, the Perecman Firm offers ...

A recent ruling by the Appellate Division, First Department in Manhattan was a win for construction workers throughout New York State, specifically in cases where a worker was injured in a fall from a ...

Excavators, while incredibly powerful and useful pieces of heavy machinery, come with inherent risks because of both their sheer size and the skill it takes to operate them. Operators are required to ...

In massive cities filled with skyscrapers like New York City, cranes and crane operators are a regular fixture on almost every single construction site. These workers and machines make so much work ...

We are excited to announce that the Perecman Firm has been listed as one of NY Magazine’s Leaders in the Law, a biannual honor given to the top law firms across the nation. “Every client’s case is ...

Undocumented workers face unrelenting and increasingly severe challenges, but they are still protected by many of the same safety laws and regulations as documented workers in the United States. These ...

The State Assembly voted to send the bill to create a commission tasked with investigating prosecutorial misconduct to the Governor’s desk with an 86-35 vote. The State Senate passed the bill last ...

The Perecman Firm joined the Children’s Smile Foundation on Saturday, June 9 at the Foundation’s Children’s Festival. Children and families were invited to take part in the festivities which included ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed an update to its crane safety rules by changing certain provisions and adding new minimum operator competency requirements. ...

NYC’s Department of Buildings (DOB) recently announced its final safety training requirements , which includes a mandatory 62 hours of training for supervisors and 40 hours for workers. “Most ...

From May 7 through May 11, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is promoting the National Safety Stand-Down to raise awareness of fall hazards across the United States in an effort ...

5,190 workers in the United States died on the job in 2016, according to a report published by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), an increase of 354 ...

The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) recently published “Deadly Skyline”, the organization’s annual report on construction fatalities throughout New York State. We have ...