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Mamdani Moves to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat, but Private-Sector Reach Is Unclear
The order directs agencies to strengthen heat rules, enforce protections and create multilingual materials as extreme heat drives worker deaths and injuries.
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Mayor Mamdani Announces Sweeping Workplace Heat Safety Guidelines
Extreme heat is killing construction workers, with at least four deaths occurring in New York state due to heat-related causes in 2024 alone. With the state already experiencing several heat waves this year before the summer has gotten fully underway, projections show the city is only going to get hotter by midcentury. Most susceptible to heat-related injuries are the 1.4 million people in New York City who work outdoors for long periods of tim…
·New York, United States
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