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Mayor Bill De Blasio Signs New Construction Safety Bill Into Law

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 18, 2017
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio signed Intro 1447-C into law on Monday, October 16. This construction safety bill will require workers on most construction sites to participate in at least 40 hours of safety ...

The Nationwide Attack on Workers' Compensation Benefits

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 16, 2017
Anti-worker lobbyists have been gutting workers’ compensation benefits for years, pushing down the potential benefits while jacking up the price of premiums. Workers’ compensation was created to ...

Controversial New Bill Requiring Safety Training for Construction Workers Passed Into Law

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 3, 2017
The New York City Council recently voted to change the city’s safety and training laws for construction workers, a profession that saw an average of 20 people die on the job every year between 2007 ...

New Scaffolding Ready to be Installed in New York City

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Sep 14, 2017
New York is looking to add some style to the scaffolding that covers thousands of buildings throughout the city. Urban Umbrella, the company that won a competition to redesign the drab green ...

Gateway Tunnel Project Seeks Federal Funding, Remains in Danger Due to Hudson Yards' Construction Timeline

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Sep 8, 2017
Top officials from New York and New Jersey visited the White House on Thursday, September 7 to discuss the future of the Gateway project, a multibillion-dollar tunnel that will run underneath the ...

First Part of Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Finally Opens to Drivers

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Sep 1, 2017
The brand new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge partially opened to the public early in the morning on Saturday, August 26. For now, only the northbound section of the Thruway will lead drivers to the new bridge, ...

New York City to Rapidly Expand Protected Bicycle Lanes

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Aug 29, 2017
The New York City Department of Transportation recently vowed to add 50 lane miles of regular bicycle lanes and another 10 miles of protected lanes to the city every single year starting in 2017. ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo Opens All Major NYC Roads, Suspends Non-Emergency Construction

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 11, 2017
In preparation for Amtrak’s repair work, dubbed the “Summer of Hell” that was scheduled to begin on Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will open all lanes and suspend all non-emergency ...

US Department of Transportation Withdraws from $24 Billion Gateway Program

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 7, 2017
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) withdrew from their position on the board of the Gateway Program, a nearly $24 billion project to add a second rail underneath the Hudson River ...

Mayor de Blasio, Union Leaders Agree on Additional Training Requirements for Workers

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jun 27, 2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio is working with construction union leaders in New York City to fight back against the growing numbers of injuries and fatalities on construction sites by improving worker-training ...

NY Regional BAC Writes Memo in Support of Bill for Bricklayers

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jun 14, 2017
The New York Regional Conference of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (NY Regional BAC), which represents approximately 11,000 members of local International Union of Bricklayers and Allied ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo Sets Completion Date for Major Construction Products Ahead of Penn Station Renovations

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jun 13, 2017
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that construction on tunnels and bridges in New York City will be sped up in order to alleviate the potential impact on commenters caused by the renovations ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo Announces Up To $1.5 Billion Dollar Investment to Help Create 40,000 Clean Energy Jobs

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jun 12, 2017
New York State is working towards backing up the words Governor Andrew Cuomo made when issuing an Executive Order reaffirming the state’s commitment to the Paris Accord by announcing the Clean Climate ...

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