New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

PIX11 PIX11 investigates: How safe is the city’s 300 miles of scaffolding? by Henry Rosoff

PIX11 investigates: How safe is the city’s 300 miles of scaffolding?

Some building owners just leave it up for years instead of doing costly facade repairs.

“The scaffolding is there to keep us safe from the building, but who’s going to keep us safe from the scaffolding,” City Councilmember Ben Kallos said.

Kallos has been trying to bring down lingering metal piping that cover sidewalks for years on end— calling it a quality of life and safety issue. He is currently proposing legislation in this latest legislative session that would mandate owners “get the work done within six months or the city will step in and do the work and make bad landlords pay.”

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