By Gregory Fortino It’s official. The New York City Council has pushed back the deadline for workers on Site Safety Training (SST) construction sites to meet the 40-hour safety training requirement of Local Law 196 of 2017. Since December 1, 2019, workers on such sites must have completed 30 hours of… View more
By Andrew Pisani The phase-in period of Local Law 196 of 2017 is now over. As of December 1, 2019, all jobs that are required to designate a Construction Superintendent, Site Safety Coordinator, or Site Safety Manager must ensure that every worker on the job has completed 30 hours of OSHA site… View more
By Adam Batista Effective October 14, 2019, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) requires general contractors to post signs on worker safety at sites that require site safety training. To assist with this effort, DOB has created sign templates, available online, that comply with this requirement in multiple languages…. View more
