Scaffold Law Reform News Kate Hobday 9/8/25 Kate Hobday 9/8/25 Newsday: LI groups join coalition to challenge Scaffold Law, which critics say drive up costs and sparked a wave of staged accidents Read More Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Press Release: Business And Civic Leaders Launch Statewide ‘Build More New York’ Coalition To Support Jobs, Construction & Development By Reforming Antiquated Scaffold Law Read More Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Times Union: New York faces new pressure to scrap 140-year-old Scaffold Law Read More Kate Hobday 9/3/25 Kate Hobday 9/3/25 The Center Square: Injury lawyers turn N.Y. courts into Ellis Island for illegal immigrants Read More Kate Hobday 8/15/25 Kate Hobday 8/15/25 Spectrum News: Push grows to fix 140-year-old state Scaffold Law in U.S. Congress and discussing the future of DOCCS Read More Kate Hobday 7/29/25 Kate Hobday 7/29/25 Commercial Observer: IndustryNew York CityDevelopment · ConstructionThinking About Starting a Construction Firm in New York City? Think Twice. Read More Kate Hobday 7/3/25 Kate Hobday 7/3/25 New York Daily News: Scaffold Law keeps N.Y. from building Read More Kate Hobday 6/27/25 Kate Hobday 6/27/25 Newsday: LI defendants named in lawsuit alleging they provided unnecessary surgeries for workers who staged fake accidents Read More Kate Hobday 6/16/25 Kate Hobday 6/16/25 Newsday: Reform the Scaffold Law and cut the cost of building in NY Read More Kate Hobday 6/13/25 Kate Hobday 6/13/25 City Journal: This Bill Would Make Construction in New York More Affordable Read More Kate Hobday 6/2/25 Kate Hobday 6/2/25 Wall Street Journal: A Better Way to Make New York Affordable Read More Kate Hobday 5/27/25 Kate Hobday 5/27/25 Insurance Business Magazine: New York pushes transparency bill for scaffold liability insurance reporting Read More Kate Hobday 5/21/25 Kate Hobday 5/21/25 Fingerlakes 1: Scaffold Law reform bill could cut billions in construction costs Read More Kate Hobday 4/7/25 Kate Hobday 4/7/25 New York Daily News: How we have to lower building costs in New York Read More Kate Hobday 3/31/25 Kate Hobday 3/31/25 JD Supra: Did the Cat Move the Ladder? Read More Kate Hobday 3/25/25 Kate Hobday 3/25/25 Newsday: An old law, new scams and spiking insurance rates that can cost Long Island and New York State residents Read More Kate Hobday 1/30/25 Kate Hobday 1/30/25 Engineering News-Record: Immigrants, Accidents and Lawsuit Loans: Does NY Need New Rules? Read More Kate Hobday 1/21/25 Kate Hobday 1/21/25 Rome Sentinel: Childcare investments will be squandered under New York’s Scaffold Law Read More Kate Hobday 1/12/25 Kate Hobday 1/12/25 Empire Report: Construction Affordability is Easy to Achieve Read More Kate Hobday 12/12/24 Kate Hobday 12/12/24 New York Post: NY’s bogus legal costs hit a staggering $89B, as NYC ranked second-worst ‘judicial hellhole’ in US: report Read More Older Posts
Kate Hobday 9/8/25 Kate Hobday 9/8/25 Newsday: LI groups join coalition to challenge Scaffold Law, which critics say drive up costs and sparked a wave of staged accidents Read More
Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Press Release: Business And Civic Leaders Launch Statewide ‘Build More New York’ Coalition To Support Jobs, Construction & Development By Reforming Antiquated Scaffold Law Read More
Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Kate Hobday 9/4/25 Times Union: New York faces new pressure to scrap 140-year-old Scaffold Law Read More
Kate Hobday 9/3/25 Kate Hobday 9/3/25 The Center Square: Injury lawyers turn N.Y. courts into Ellis Island for illegal immigrants Read More
Kate Hobday 8/15/25 Kate Hobday 8/15/25 Spectrum News: Push grows to fix 140-year-old state Scaffold Law in U.S. Congress and discussing the future of DOCCS Read More
Kate Hobday 7/29/25 Kate Hobday 7/29/25 Commercial Observer: IndustryNew York CityDevelopment · ConstructionThinking About Starting a Construction Firm in New York City? Think Twice. Read More
Kate Hobday 7/3/25 Kate Hobday 7/3/25 New York Daily News: Scaffold Law keeps N.Y. from building Read More
Kate Hobday 6/27/25 Kate Hobday 6/27/25 Newsday: LI defendants named in lawsuit alleging they provided unnecessary surgeries for workers who staged fake accidents Read More
Kate Hobday 6/16/25 Kate Hobday 6/16/25 Newsday: Reform the Scaffold Law and cut the cost of building in NY Read More
Kate Hobday 6/13/25 Kate Hobday 6/13/25 City Journal: This Bill Would Make Construction in New York More Affordable Read More
Kate Hobday 6/2/25 Kate Hobday 6/2/25 Wall Street Journal: A Better Way to Make New York Affordable Read More
Kate Hobday 5/27/25 Kate Hobday 5/27/25 Insurance Business Magazine: New York pushes transparency bill for scaffold liability insurance reporting Read More
Kate Hobday 5/21/25 Kate Hobday 5/21/25 Fingerlakes 1: Scaffold Law reform bill could cut billions in construction costs Read More
Kate Hobday 4/7/25 Kate Hobday 4/7/25 New York Daily News: How we have to lower building costs in New York Read More
Kate Hobday 3/25/25 Kate Hobday 3/25/25 Newsday: An old law, new scams and spiking insurance rates that can cost Long Island and New York State residents Read More
Kate Hobday 1/30/25 Kate Hobday 1/30/25 Engineering News-Record: Immigrants, Accidents and Lawsuit Loans: Does NY Need New Rules? Read More
Kate Hobday 1/21/25 Kate Hobday 1/21/25 Rome Sentinel: Childcare investments will be squandered under New York’s Scaffold Law Read More
Kate Hobday 1/12/25 Kate Hobday 1/12/25 Empire Report: Construction Affordability is Easy to Achieve Read More
Kate Hobday 12/12/24 Kate Hobday 12/12/24 New York Post: NY’s bogus legal costs hit a staggering $89B, as NYC ranked second-worst ‘judicial hellhole’ in US: report Read More
