New York construction has always been dangerous work — in 2024, city construction workers were more than six times as likely to die on the job as the average city worker. In 2026, the city is answering with its biggest package of new safety protocols in years, aimed at the three places accidents start: unsupervised sites, untrained workers, and buildings left to decay. One Superintendent, One Job The headline change is Local Law 149, effective January 1, 2026: a primary construction superintendent may now oversee only one active project at a time. The rule ends the old practice of one … Continued
