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Sanchez asks how many sweeps the fall campaign conducted

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 1:42:43 · 52 sec

Sanchez asks how many sweeps the campaign conducted in total; Tigani says DOB spent the month of December going through all five boroughs to check code compliance and engage workers, and Shamash adds that DOB also handed out flyers and spoke with workers and general contractors as part inspection and part education.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And so how many sweeps were conducted in total as a result of that campaign?

Ahmed Tigani

I think it's in the month of December, we sort of spent that month going through all five boroughs to check for code compliance and engage directly with workers on best practices.

Yegal Shamash

I would just add as part of that sweep, we also created some educational materials that we, and so it wasn't just

Yegal Shamash

the inspections that we did as part of that sweep, but we also handed out flyers at those specific job sites.

Yegal Shamash

We spoke with workers.

Yegal Shamash

We spoke with the general contractors themselves.

Yegal Shamash

It was part inspection, part educational and outreach.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.