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Sanchez asks whether safety logs are paper or electronic

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 1:59:25 · 1 min 46 sec

Sanchez asks whether site safety logs are marble notebooks or electronic; Tigani cites a 2024 building bulletin allowing digital formats and says many sites have moved to digital, and Shamash explains digital records speed reviews and require on-site tablets for inspectors to check worker names and site safety plans.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And are these marble notebooks on a work site?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Are these electronic logs?

Ahmed Tigani

There is a, there is, I kind of wish they were, I mean, I'm nostalgic for marble.

Ahmed Tigani

There's actually a building bulletin that we issued out in 2024 that talks about the format, allows for a digital format.

Ahmed Tigani

We require these documents, and we're seeing a lot of...

Ahmed Tigani

A lot of sites moved to digital, quite frankly.

Ahmed Tigani

So, you know, RIP Marvel notebooks.

Ahmed Tigani

It would be...

Yegal Shamash

quite a few marble notebooks, if they were just marble notebooks.

Yegal Shamash

But the bulletin that allowed for transition from paper to digital not only helps the industry, but it helps us as well.

Yegal Shamash

As you can imagine, going through digital records is a lot faster than going through notebooks of notebooks of paper.

Yegal Shamash

But it's also helpful.

Yegal Shamash

We require as part of the digital format to have tablets or some sort of digital screen that we can walk around with so we can identify

Yegal Shamash

worker names, we can look at site safety plans as we're walking through the sites.

Yegal Shamash

So it's a big benefit to the inspectors as well to have everything digitally.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Yeah, absolutely.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And maybe we can have sites proactively submit to DOB so you're always looking.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Big Brother is watching.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Okay.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I've never said that in an upbeat tone in my life.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

It's hitting you well.

Yegal Shamash

It's hitting you well.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

So two more from me and the council members.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Let me know if you have any other questions.