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Committee on Civil Service and Labor Meeting Addresses Worker Safety, Building Code Amendments, and Labor Issues
New YorkSep 29, 20254 min read
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On September 29, 2025, the New York City Council's Committee on Civil Service and Labor convened jointly with the Committee on Housing and Buildings to discuss multiple labor and safety-related legislative items and resolutions, including worker safety in the context of climate change, building code amendments, and labor union concerns.
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Labor union issues and management relationsLaborConstruction site safety trainingOversight hearingsOccupancy regulations for cellarsWorker safety and climate changeHousingBuilding code amendments
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- Held hearings on Int 0261-2024 to amend building code egress requirements in new buildings; the matter was laid over by the committee.
- Held hearings on Int 1376-2025 requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to post worker guidance on protecting workers from extreme weather; the matter was laid over by the committee.
- Held hearings on Int 1384-2025 mandating construction site safety trainings to include mental health, suicide prevention, and substance misuse; the matter was laid over by the committee.
- Held hearings on Int 1404-2025 to allow occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings; the matter was laid over by the committee.
- Held hearings on Res 1015-2025 condemning Alden Global Capital's cuts and managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff, urging contract negotiations; the resolution was laid over by the committee.
- Conducted oversight on worker safety and the effects of climate change on labor.
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Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Sep 29, 2025, 12:00 AMCouncil Chambers - City Hallcompleted
Jointly with the Committee on Housing and Buildings
Agenda
- Oversight - Worker Safety and the Effects of Climate Change on Labor.
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to the means of egress requirements in certain new buildings
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of health and mental hygiene posting worker guidance for best practices for protecting workers from extreme weather
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to requiring construction site safety trainings to include mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, to allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings
- Resolution condemning Alden Global Capital cuts and managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.
- Jointly with the Committee on Housing and Buildings
- Roll Call
- Agenda Item
- Resolution condemning Alden Global Capital cuts and managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, to allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to requiring construction site safety trainings to include mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of health and mental hygiene posting worker guidance for best practices for protecting workers from extreme weather
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to the means of egress requirements in certain new buildings
- Oversight - Worker Safety and the Effects of Climate Change on Labor.
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