Matthew Hamilton reports in the Albany Times Union that U.S. Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook) announced federal legislation on Sept. 19 that would pre-empt part of New York's Scaffold Law. The law, passed in 1885, puts, "liability for workers' gravity-related injuries, such as falling from a ladder, on contractors and property owners when it is found that proper safety measures weren't in place." Faso's bill would require that a "comparative negligence" standard be applied for projects using federal funding. "If you use federal dollars, you shouldn't be able to waste them," Faso said at a news conference. "And I want to see all the federal dollars go for construction, go for construction jobs. I don't want them to go for unnecessary construction liability insurance costs." Read the full story in the Albany Times Union.