Consolidated Edison Co., 92 N.Y.2d. 909 (1998)(§ 240 has “historically been construed in the context of workers injured as a result of inadequate or missing safety equipment at elevated work sites ... in recognition of the exceptionally dangerous conditions posed by elevation differentials at work sites”) Weininger v Hagedorn & Co., 91 N.Y.2d. 958, 960 (1998)(Running computer and telephone wires constitute a significant alteration,… [read post]