• Rochester Asbestos Contractor Sentenced For Violating Clean Air Act

    (source: http://www.justice.gov/usao/nyw/gordon.html ) ROCHESTER, N.Y.– U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr.

  • Another local contractor is indicted for stealing from workers?

    This article was featured on www.pressconnects.com earlier this year. It explains how Charles Zimmer of Waverly was indicted for not paying prevailing wages. Read the details (PDF)

  • News Release - New Arrest, Business Charged in City Demolition Contractor Case

    (Thursday, June 9, 2011) – Mayor Thomas S. Richards and City Office of Public Integrity Director David Moore, in cooperation with the Rochester Police Department, the Brighton Police Department, the New York State Insurance Fund Division of Confidential Investigations, New York State Insurance Fraud Division, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigation Division, the Department of Environmental Conservation Police, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Bureau of Invest...

  • Labor Department Announces Enforcement Actions Against RIT Subcontractors

    Albany, NY (June 08, 2010) - State Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner announced today the results of two enforcement sweeps at the ‘The Province' at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) construction project. Widespread violations of State labor laws were found, including nonpayment of overtime, off-the-books employment, failure to carry workers' compensation insurance, and misclassification of employees as independent contractors by more than half (12 of 21) of the subcontractors interviewed ...

  • Federal Indictment of Gordon Smith Contracting (GSCI)

    New York Man Indicted for Clean Air Act Violations 18-Count Indictment Alleges Individuals Directed and Hid Illegal Asbestos Removal WASHINGTON--A federal grand jury in the Western District of New York, has returned a superseding indictment charging David Vega and Francis Rowe with committing violations of the Clean Air Act while they were project managers for Gordon-Smith Contracting, Inc., an asbestos removal company owned by Keith Gordon-Smith, the Justice Department announced. Read More...

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