NYC Construction Rally, Mock Funeral Procession Calls for Safer Sites

Thousands of workers, advocates, public officials, clergy and community members held a rally Thursday to demand greater safety measures on construction sites across New York City.

Eighteen workers died during the last federal fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015) at job sites in New York City, the Daily News first reported two months ago. That's up from 12 during the previous 12 months and seven the year before that, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

Participants at the Thursday rally in front of City Hall carried a casket in a bagpipe-led procession to symbolize the construction workers who died on the job in 2015.

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