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fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Op-Ed | Calling everything fraud: How repealing the Scaffold Law became a strategy, not a reform amNewYork

For years, the insurance industry warned that New York's civil justice system was broken. Now it claims the system is fraudulent. Every accident is suspicious. Every injured worker is a potential scammer. Every plaintiff's lawyer is part of a scheme. This sudden moral panic has a name, the fraudemic. And like most panics, it says far more about the people spreading it than the problem itself.
Law
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Hidden Scaffold Law tax draining billions' from MTA, other public project: new report

New York's Scaffold Law's absolute liability dramatically inflates construction insurance costs, draining billions, delaying projects, eliminating jobs, and worsening the housing affordability crisis.
NYC politics
fromBrooklyn Eagle
8 months ago

PREMIUMReview and Comment: Built on safety: The lifesaving legacy of New York's scaffold law

The scaffold law aimed to protect construction workers from height-related accidents by holding owners and contractors absolutely liable for safety measures.
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