Plaintiff, a carpenter, made a prima facie showing of his entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of defendants' liability under Labor Law § 240 (1). Indeed, he submitted evidence that he was injured while working at the construction of the new World Trade Center building when the brace he had secured his lanyard to gave way, causing him to fall 14 feet to the plywood floor below (see Miglionico v Bovis Lend Lease, Inc.,
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