Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
With one exception that is not applicable here, Labor Law § 240 (1) protects all laborers employed in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning, or pointing of a building or structure, including self-employed independent contractors, even if the owner of the building or structure exercises no supervision, direction, or control over their work (Gordon v Eastern...
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