§ 8-01 Purpose and Intent.
RCNY § 8-01
These Rules and Regulations are intended to protect the lives and well-being of the inhabitants of this City against the grave and pervasive danger posed by inhalation of airborne asbestos. Medical studies have established that there is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos and that several life threatening diseases can result from such exposure. They include: (a) asbestosis, a noncancerous scarring of the lung tissues which can lead to cardiac failure and death; (b) lung cancer; and (c) mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen. In construing and enforcing the provisions of these Rules and Regulations, it shall be no defense that a person charged with a duty herein who failed to fulfill that duty lacked any of the culpable mental states enumerated in the Penal Law, Section 15.05. The responsibilities herein created are ones of strict liability.
