Change N.Y.’s Scaffold Law?: To tackle NYC’s housing crisis, we lower the cost of litigation

Ask New Yorkers what keeps them up at night, and many will say the same thing — the cost of housing. In a recent survey, more ...

Proposed NY State bill would exempt Long Island construction projects from Scaffold Law

The Scaffold Law traces its origins to 1885 when there were few federal and state regulations to protect construction workers ...
Crain's New York

No evidence that New York's scaffold law drives up project costs

Progress must be made on critical infrastructure developments such as the Gateway rail tunnel project, but the op-ed “New York's outdated 'scaffold law' penalizes Gateway project” villainizes a law ...
Crain's New York

Critics blame scaffold law for megaproject's insurance costs ballooning 557%

Documents from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board meeting last week show that insurance costs on East Side Access, the decade-delayed effort to link the Long Island Rail Road to Grand ...