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Council member inquires about DOB's progress on construction safety oversight
4:50:13
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez raises concerns about the Department of Buildings' (DOB) oversight of construction sites, referencing a 2022 New York State Controller audit. She asks for updates on steps taken to address the audit's findings and inquires about potential legislative actions needed.
- Sanchez highlights the audit's criticism of DOB's reactive rather than proactive inspection approach
- She mentions the audit's findings on inadequate procedures for identifying incidents and reporting injuries
- The council member requests information on measures taken since the audit to improve construction site safety oversight
Pierina Sanchez
4:50:13
Last but not least, question on construction safety.
4:50:17
You mentioned that the numbers have improved, but just hearkening back to 2022, the New York State controller issued an audit audit that found that the Department of Buildings oversight of building construction sites and enforcement activity needed improvement, noting specifically that DOB inspections were performed reactively rather than proactively even though it's prior enforcement actions and contractor safety history are data sets that could be, I have a feeling that our bill does something, but you know want to hear it from you.
4:50:49
Contractor safety history are data sets that could be used to help identify high risk construction sites as well.
4:50:55
Department of buildings had inadequate procedures to identify incidents and report injuries and fatalities at building construction sites and that while DOB followed up and issued summonses at sites that were found to have safety issues, it did not effectively prioritize which sites were inspected.
4:51:11
So can you just bring us up to date on what steps have been taken since that audit to address the concerns outlined by the state controller?
4:51:18
Are there any measures that would require legislative action to facilitate?
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
4:51:21
Deputy Commissioner Shamash will talk specifically about the audit.