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Sanchez asks how DOB reviews site safety logs

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 1:57:21 · 1 min 13 sec

Sanchez asks how and when DOB checks site safety logs and whether they are submitted; Tigani says site safety logs are checked at every inspection, whether routine, unannounced, or incident-related, and that 32,472 sites got a log review in FY2026, resulting in 260 oath summonses for missing, incomplete, or falsified logs.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

So DOB requires site safety managers, coordinators, and construction superintendents to keep safety logs.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

How does DOB check whether site safety logs are kept and if reports are accurate?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

When does DOB review these logs?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Is it during a routine inspection, an announced visit, or only after an incident?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Do they submit them?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And I'll stop there because this is like a seven-part question.

Ahmed Tigani

So the department does require these documents as necessary to verify compliance.

Ahmed Tigani

We check for site safety logs at every inspection.

Ahmed Tigani

It's done during the routine, the unannounced, or...

Ahmed Tigani

The incident inspection incidents, I think you asked us to look at fiscal year 2026.

Ahmed Tigani

All site inspections included a site safety log review.

Ahmed Tigani

Total sites inspected, which included a site safety log review, is 32,472.

Ahmed Tigani

And if I can go forward, because I'm sure you'll also want to know about missing and complete or falsified logs.

Ahmed Tigani

That's right.

Ahmed Tigani

That we issued.

Ahmed Tigani

260 oath summonses in fiscal year 2026 for missing and complete or falsified logs.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

How do you know that they're falsified?