Slap NY's greedy ambulance chasers: Rein in the 'Scaffold Law'

Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) is pushing a workaround for projects that use federal funds. AP

Any New York leader who cares about “affordability” will cheer Rep. Nick Langworthy’s effort to rein in the state’s obscene “Scaffold Law.”

President Donald Trump, and anyone who’s built anything in the Empire State, knows how the 140-year-old law makes construction projects more expensive — and less viable.

Ever since 1885, this statute has made contractors and property owners 100% liable for workers’ “gravity-related” injuries even when they’re almost entirely the fault of the workers’ themselves.

That “absolute liability” rule sends insurance premiums through the roof, adding as much as 10% to construction costs.

Every other state uses a different “comparative negligence” standard — m