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Sanchez asks how DOB detects falsified safety logs

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 1:58:33 · 52 sec

Sanchez asks how DOB determines logs are falsified; Shamash says inspectors review not just the current day's log but the history to spot discrepancies, cross-check the average number of workers on site against the logs, and perform SST spot checks, noting construction safety inspections are thorough rather than quick.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Are you checking for cadence of entries into the log?

Ahmed Tigani

Yeah.

Ahmed Tigani

I mean, that's my understanding.

Ahmed Tigani

You go out and speak more.

Yegal Shamash

So they'll review not just the logs for that day, but they'll review the history of the logs and ensure that there isn't any discrepancies in those logs.

Yegal Shamash

And that's just part of the inspection and the inspection checklist that our amazing construction inspectors, walking the sites,

Yegal Shamash

they can take a look at the average number of folks that they're seeing on site, making sure that matches the logs.

Yegal Shamash

And as I said, they'll do spot checks on the SSD requirements.

Yegal Shamash

So construction safety inspections are not quick inspections.

Yegal Shamash

And our inspectors are very thorough when they do those inspections.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you so much.