The New York City Council - File #: Int 0525-2018

• File #: Int 0525-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Penalties for leaving the scene of a construction workplace fatality without reporting.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for leaving the scene of a construction workplace fatality without reporting.
• Sponsors: Rory I. Lancman

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 525

By Council Member Lancman

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for leaving the scene of a construction workplace fatality without reporting.
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-177 to read as follows:
? 10-177 Penalties for leaving the scene of a construction workplace fatality without reporting. a. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction Workplace Fatality Accountability Act."
b. As used in this section the following terms shall be defined as follows:
1. "Construction workplace" shall mean a place of work where construction, reconstruction, altering, maintaining, moving, rehabilitating, repairing, renovating or demolition of any building, structure or improvement, or relating to the excavation of or other development or improvement to land is occurring.
2. "Employee" shall mean any "employee" as defined in section 190(2) of the labor law who performs work on a full-time or part-time basis, not including those who are employed by (i) the United States government; (ii) the state of New York, including any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body of the state including the legislature and the judiciary; or (iii) the city of New York or any local government, municipality or county or any entity governed by general municipal law section 92 or county law section 207.
3. "Employer" shall mean any "employer" as defined in section 190(3) of the labor law, but not including (i) the United States government; (ii) the state of New York, including any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body of the state including the legislature and the judiciary; or (iii) the city of New York or any loc...