Tearing Down The Scaffold Law

nycapitolnews.com
By Laura Nahmias
Nov. 14, 2011 4:00 am

A new coalition eyes reforms to a workers’ safety statute

New York is the last state in the nation to hold employers entirely liable for work-site injuries. A coalition of powerful business groups and tort-reform advocates aims to change that.

This is not the first time tort-reform advocates have tried to change the law, which has been in place in its current incarnation since 1969. But a new coalition that includes the powerful Business Council of New York State could inject new life into negotiations on reform, advocates suggested.

“We have been trying to repeal this law for 30-plus years,â€