Dan Tishman
The Department of Buildings has issued 1,342 summonses — worth about $2.1 million in fines — for illegally smoking at construction sites since September 2008, but there are still too many workers lighting up, the New York Post reported. The summonses were issued as part of a crackdown prompted by the deaths of two firefighters in an August 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building, which was sparked by a cigarette. About $900,000 has been collected, with the remaining $1.2 million in penalties still to be adjudicated. Tishman Construction had the most violations in each of the last two years. “We strictly enforce smoking regulations on all job sites and have terminated individuals who have been caught smoking,” said Tishman spokesperson John Gallagher. [Post]