No more simultaneous demolition and asbestos abatement in New York following ruling.
The New York City Council has voted to prohibit building crews from performing demolitions at the same time as asbestos abatement.
The bill addresses problems that were discovered after two firefighters died responding to a 2007 fire in a condemned skyscraper, believed to be the Deutsche Bank building, that was undergoing both demolition and abatement.
Officials later said that doing both simultaneously made the building a death trap for firefighters.
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