Blog Posts in 2018

A new bill from the New York City Council is set to require construction companies to provide cyclists with safe detours around construction sites, but critics say that it lacks the financial power to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its National Emphasis Program on trenching and excavation safety (PDF) after a spike in the number of workers who died in ...

Earlier this year, the New York City buildings department released an online map tracking every single major construction project across the city, including estimated size, cost, and number of ...

The Perecman Firm is excited to announce that six of our attorneys, David Perecman, Zachary Perecman, Sagar Chadha, Erica Colon, Edward Guldi, and Carissa Peebles were selected to the 2018 lists of ...

Almost 10,000 first responders and people in the areas surrounding the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 attacks have been diagnosed with cancer, and more than 2,000 people have already died ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is giving its stakeholders 30 more days to submit comments on the proposed crane operator qualification rules, extending the ...

Localize Labs recently published a report about the 12 most dangerous areas for cyclists and pedestrians in New York City. The website works to provide information about every address in the city, ...

Applications for the 2018 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship are officially closed! Thank you to everyone who sent in an application this year! Like always, we have an incredibly difficult decision ...

After failing to reach a final solution when the state legislative session ended on June 20, speed cameras across New York City shut down on Wednesday, July 25. These cameras were first introduced to ...

Temperatures across the globe are hitting record highs on was seems like a daily basis, and New York City is no exception. In the first three weeks of July, the local temperature hit or exceeded 90°F ...

The United States Senate proposed a slight increase to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) budget for fiscal year 2019. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding for ...

Labor Law 240 (1) is one of the strongest legal protections for construction workers, both in New York City and statewide. This law provides for the right of workers engaged in certain work activities ...

Lift gates are incredibly useful mechanical devices, but like any heavy object with moving parts, it can come with certain risks when used improperly. People are injured every year by the improper ...