Spectrum News: Push grows to fix 140-year-old state Scaffold Law in U.S. Congress and discussing the future of DOCCS

By: Capitol Tonight Staff

After decades of inaction in Albany, there’s a bipartisan push in Congress to fix a 140-year-old state law that’s costing the state millions of dollars per year. New York’s scaffold law holds contractors and property owners completely liable for damages when an elevation-related accident happens on a job site. But now the policy continues to drive up building costs in the state, and has led to an uptick of fraud. Lawmakers in Albany have refused to take action for decades, making a federal fix the most likely path to reform. (TV segement)