"Aggregate reported lobbying expenditures between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 totaled $1,147,139, which includes $1,057,139 for NYSTLA and $90,000 for NYATL (New York Academy of Trial Lawyers)," the report states.
NYSTLA issued a memo in opposition of the bills in April, stating they would "undermine the protections of New York's Scaffold Safety Law."
"Unfortunately, this bill would allow site owners and contractors to unfairly shift the burden of safety from the site owner or contractor, who exercises control of the work site, to the worker, who is powerless to exercise such control and is clearly in a subordinate position," the NYSTLA memo continues.