A chorus of construction industry union leaders blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday for what they called his inappropriate response to a Crain's report that the city's count of construction deaths excluded a third of fatalities last year.
Crain's
learned that six of the 17 construction deaths in New York last year
escaped the city’s official count. "If any other industry experienced 17
deaths in one year, there would be swift and meaningful action taken to
protect life," Joseph Azzopardi, secretary treasurer of District
Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, said
in a statement.
"Once
again, this administration picks the statistics that fit their false
narrative of being a progressive leader," said Bobby Bonanza, business
manager of the Mason Tenders District Council. “Deaths are deaths —
count them."
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Source: Crain's (New York Business)
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