Month: August 2017

Sickeningly, another worker fell to his death last week at a Manhattan construction site. On Friday August 18, 2017, 22-year-old Jonathan Wieslaw Lupinski of Yonkers was stripping the elevator shaft of a NoMad condominium building when he fell 20 feet down to the...

Construction work is far from an easy way to make a living, but many New Yorkers risk life and limb on a daily basis to provide for their loved ones. We were reminded yet again of the dangers construction workers face when Antonio Garcia, a 41-year-old laborer, fell...

At approximately 9 a.m. on Monday August 14th, a construction worker passed out on the upper floors of 348 W. 14th Street, as reported by the New York Daily News. the man collapsed at a hard-to-reach location within the building, where firefighters later used an FDNY...

A new rule being pushed in New York City would grant unions a significant amount of control over non-union projects. Proponents of the measure say it would be an important step toward holding builders and property owners accountable for worker safety. Critics of the...