The never-ending debate about the 129-year-old Scaffold Law is rearing its head again. A new report from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health calls for preserving the law as is, which makes property owners and contractors 100 percent responsible for the safety of workers. But opponents of the statute say it's unfair and costly to companies and tax payers, and they want de Blasio to change it. [NYDN; previously]
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