Advocacy

Abstract: ​Big I New York is leading the charge to save federal taxpayer dollars and tackle serious insurance marketplace concerns by modernizing how New York Labor Law Sections 240 and 241 impact federally funded infrastructure projects. Body: ​Big I New York is leading the charge to save federal taxpayer dollars and tackle serious insurance marketplace concerns by modernizing how New York Labor Law Sections 240 and 241 impact federally funded infrastructure projects.You can help by urging your member of Congress to support the federal Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025.  Act Now!H.R. 3548 proposes a simple, commonsense way to help partially address the Scaffold Law: applying…

Abstract: As part of its ongoing efforts to modernize New York’s costly Labor Laws 240 and 241, Big I New York has joined a broad coalition of Scaffold Law reform advocates to launch the Build More New York initiative. Body: ​As part of its ongoing efforts to modernize New York's costly Labor Laws 240 and 241, Big I New York has joined a broad coalition of Scaffold Law reform advocates to launch the Build More New York initiative. This diverse coalition includes contractors, businesses, municipalities, insurers, and other stakeholders affected by the law.  The group of advocates supports a federal proposal that would bar the…

Abstract: The New York State Senate is investigating the availability and affordability of residential property insurance. Body: ​ Photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link​The New York State Senate is investigating the availability and affordability of residential property insurance. Big I New York responded last week to an information request related to the probe.The Senate committees on Investigations and Government Operations; Insurance; and Housing, Construction and Community Development are conducting the inquiry. The chairs of those committees in August sent formal information requests to the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS); thirty-one insurance carriers; and associations and trade groups,…