New York A 7437: Relates to building new one-family residential construction

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A07437 Summary:

BILL NOA07437 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03418

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SPONSORHawley

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§240 & 241, Lab L

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Relates to building new one-family residential construction.

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BILL NOA07437 

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03/27/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7437

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to contractors building new
 one-family residential construction

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 240 of
 2 the labor law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 1981, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
 5 two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the
 6 work and contractors building new one-family residential construction,
 7 in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or
 8 pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause to
 9 be furnished or erected for the performance of such labor, scaffolding,
 10 hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons,
 11 ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and oper-
 12 ated as to give proper protection to a person so employed.
 13 § 2. The opening paragraph of section 241 of the labor law, as amended
 14 by chapter 670 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
 15 All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
 16 two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the
 17 work and contractors building new one-family residential construction,
 18 when constructing or demolishing buildings or doing any excavating in
 19 connection therewith, shall comply with the following requirements:
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 21 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 22 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 23 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 24 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02560-01-5

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