Nearly 1,600 workers who labored on city-funded projects have yet to claim funds owed to them from prevailing wage settlements with private companies secured by the New York City comptroller. The uncollected funds total $4.27 million and Comptroller Brad Lander is urging the workers owed money to come forward and collect.
“Thanks to the dedicated investigative work of our Bureau of Labor Law, we’ve recovered millions of dollars for workers cheated out of prevailing wages on City projects,” Lander said in a statement. “Over a thousand workers who built this city have yet to collect their hard-earned wages, and we hope they’ll come forward to claim what they’re owed.”
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