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Look alert, New Yorkers: Congress has a chance to cut the cost of living, and it's not the SALT deduction. Rep. Nick Langworthy (R., N.Y.) has introduced a bill in the House that would reduce the cost of federally funded construction projects in the state.
New York's Labor Law 240, known as the Scaffold Law, imposes absolute liability on property owners and contractors for construction workers' gravity-related injuries from falling or being hit by a falling object. Enacted in 1885, the absolute liability standard applies even when the worker is at fault.
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