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CAO says city is negotiating a citywide heat illness prevention plan and untangling procurement to get PPE to frontline workers
Summary
At a Ways and Means hearing CAO Faith P. Leach described negotiations with unions on a citywide heat-illness prevention plan, DPW's HIP draft being used as a model, cooling-center activation on code-red days and a procurement coordination workgroup to resolve PPE bottlenecks.
Council President Z. Cohen and others pressed City Administrator Faith P. Leach for details about worker safety as the city prepares for a hot season. Leach said the administration is negotiating a citywide heat-illness prevention (HIP) plan with unions and using a DPW draft HIP already sent to MOSH as a model.
Leach described near-term steps to protect employees…
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