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Memo of Support
 
 
Bill Number: A.3314
 
Sponsors: Lancman
 
Title of Bill: OSHA Notification Bill

 
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) supports the "OSHA notification act" which requires the New York City Commissioner of Buildings to report to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration any violations of this code, which in the Department of Building’s judgment, would potentially endanger workplace safety. The proposed legislation further requires such report to include, but not be limited to, the number and types of violations reported to OSHA.
 
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the New York City Buildings Department have overlapping, but differing missions. The former is responsible for worker safety; the latter for public safety. Given the limited and insufficient number of OSHA inspectors monitoring construction in the New York City, this legislation would provide OSHA with needed information about unsafe and hazardous conditions on construction site.