Sentences with phrase «prevailing wage»

The federal investigation centers on prevailing wage requirements for federal contracts, among other issues.

Position includes prevailing wage assignments with substantial pay increase.

«At every opportunity, where the cost of the project can absorb prevailing wage and trade, we will always, always make sure we are doing that,» she said.

The accord is a far cry from the initial demands of union groups, who sought prevailing wage requirements for construction workers on most projects that qualified for the tax break.

The final version of the bill included last minute changes sought by the governor, such as dropping prevailing wage language from a job creation provision.

The two sides in June were given until Jan. 15 by Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to come up with a deal to include some type of prevailing wage provision for construction workers in order to extend the 421a affordable housing tax credit another four years.

The letter is in many respects a follow up from a previous memo of opposition sent by many of the same pro-business organizations that opposed earlier prevailing wage components on the table.

«If you're doing a public works project and you're not paying prevailing wage, it hurts not just the workers, but you're operating at an unfair advantage over those who are following the law,» he said.

A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state's century - old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year in added expenses for big road, bridge and other projects.

But Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that any future deal leading to a permanent renewal of the abatement must include some form of prevailing wage requirement for construction workers on projects benefitting from 421a — namely buildings with more than 15 units.

Requires loan recipients to: (1) give workers prevailing wage rates; and (2) report annually to the state and the Secretary on the impact of the loan.

More vetoes might be on the way from Gov. David Paterson, including one on the public authorities utilities prevailing wage bill.

The governor has said de Blasio waited too long into the legislative session to present his proposals, and he has criticized the mayor for excluding a required prevailing wage for construction workers involved in 421 - a development, a stance that has been praised by the trades unions.

The tax break program was officially suspended when the Real Estate Board of New York and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York failed to agree on prevailing wage provisions required for its extension in January.

The Nassau and Suffolk district attorneys, Schneiderman's office, the state Department of Labor and the federal Department of Labor also are investigating Sandy contractors including Looks Great over prevailing wage issues and how the contracts were awarded.

[47] He has also expressed distaste for public service labor unions, which he has compared to pigs, [53] and is an outspoken critic of state laws such as the Wicks Law, which sets prevailing wage requirements, [49] and the Taylor Law, which gives unions significant negotiating advantages in exchange for prohibiting them from striking.

A Looks Great spokesman has said the contributions had nothing to do with its contracts, which are being investigated by local and state authorities over prevailing wage issues and how the contracts were awarded.

Koch and SPN groups are also backing prevailing wage repeal.

The mayor also has upset unions by not including a mandated prevailing wage for construction workers in the proposal.

In an op - ed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Monday, Myer wrote that the RAL was selected «based on the superiority of its financial offer, the overall quality and qualifications of the respondent team, a design that demonstrates excellence and creativity in architecture and recognition of the surrounding context, all while generating hundreds of prevailing wage jobs.»

«Also encouraging was the agreement reached last night between the developer and labor to use the most skilled and professional workers under prevailing wage standards, which will ensure the quality, durability and safety of the project's construction.

Posting time and forwarding to payroll department; in some situations with prevailing wage projects, a detail of every two hours as to their craft being performed and the workers compensation class code noted.

Sheppard Mullin has decades of experience assisting clients in complying with prevailing wage requirements on public works construction projects.

While the Bloomberg administration had previously fought Liu's prevailing wage decisions, they allowed the comptroller's final ruling in favor of the mechanical workers, which came down in September of last year, to go unappealed before leaving office.

The IDC warned the convention could do «tremendous damage» from repealing constitutionally protected pensions for public workers and repealing prevailing wage laws that require even nonunion contractors with the state to pay union wages and benefits.

We have litigated numerous matters before the Secretary of Labor, Labor Standards Administration, California and New York Labor Commissioners and state and federal courts involving California and New York State Prevailing Wage Laws, the Davis - Bacon Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the Fitzgerald Act and related laws and regulations.

His wife, Clara Datre, who has been charged with financial crimes for allegedly padding invoices for post-Sandy work done for the Town of Islip, as well as prevailing wage violations stemming from a tree - trimming contract her company had with the town, is also a party to that suit.

«I think there is a way to do it that accommodates union labor, but not at prevailing wage, so we're trying to find a more balanced approach.»

Looks Great Services has repeatedly stated its view that its agreement for cleanup work with Nassau County was not subject to prevailing wage based on the November 2011 Myers email.

By James Briggs A Milwaukee panel on Tuesday circumvented a new state law that bans local prevailing wage ordinances.

«Tom Spota has been the best district attorney in my lifetime for all the work he has done on environmental crime, gang violence prevailing wage violations and political corruption,» said Richard Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman.

Brookhaven officials say the administration was unaware that prevailing wage applied when Sandy hit.

The collection is a result of an initiative, announced in August, to find over 1,000 workers who have failed to claim more than $ 3.7 million in prevailing wage awards.

NEW YORK — The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of prevailing wage legislation, paving the way for a courtroom showdown between his office and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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David is a strong proponent of union rights, including the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act.

Instead, de Blasio extended prevailing wage provisions for service workers in an attempted compromise.

At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing wage standards to a government subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with reaching an agreement on wage standards for construction workers by

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The measures Senate Democrats are pushing later today will not include any recommendations in the contentious battle over the 421a tax abatement, which is now the subject of a TV ad campaign by the Real Estate Board of New York (Mayor Bill de Blasio and REBNY are both supportive of making changes to the abatement, which has put the mayor crossways with prevailing wage advocates).

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He also voted for the Amtrak reauthorization bill and against amendments to federal prevailing wage laws.

«Any 421a bill has to both create affordable housing and protect workers by providing a real prevailing wage,» she said.

The Building Trades Council of New York, representing union construction workers, launched a simultaneous effort to get prevailing wage standards written into the exemption.

The whole prevailing wage issue is a big one for the left - leaning labor unions and the WFP and was the focus of a fight last year regarding the development of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.