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New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage

Reviewed by Justinian C. Lane, Attorney Last reviewed November 2026

New York's asbestos exposure ran on two tracks. Downstate it was the harbor and the skyline: shipyards, the powerhouses that lit and heated New York City, and office towers, hospitals, and terminals fireproofed and insulated with asbestos. Upstate it was heavy industry strung along the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes, from the steel mills and chemical plants of the Niagara Frontier to the factory cities of Rochester, Syracuse, and Schenectady. Region by region, these are the worksites the most trusts recognize:

  • the Port of New York — the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the American Sugar (Domino) refinery in Williamsburg, and Idlewild, now Kennedy, airport in Queens;
  • the city's powerhouses and towers — Con Edison's Waterside station on the East River and Arthur Kill station on Staten Island, and the World Trade Center;
  • Buffalo and the Niagara Frontier — Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna plant, the worksite most trusts recognize in the state, the Chevrolet engine plant and foundry at Tonawanda, and Hooker Chemical at Niagara Falls;
  • central New York and the Capital District — the Solvay Process works on Onondaga Lake and General Electric's Schenectady Works;
  • Rochester and the Southern Tier — Eastman Kodak's Kodak Park, Corning Glass Works, and IBM at Endicott; and
  • Long Island and the Hudson Valley — Grumman's aircraft plants at Bethpage, Long Island Lighting's Northport station, and Orange & Rockland's Lovett station at Tompkins Cove.

When these companies went bankrupt, the trusts set up to pay their asbestos claims each published a list of locations where its products were proven to be present. For New York, those lists hold more than 7,500 entries across 730 communities, from 29 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Dozens of our clients worked at New York job sites.

Every asbestos trust claim has to prove two things: that a company's asbestos-containing product was present at a job site, and that the worker handled that product, or worked close enough to it, to breathe its dust. If you or your loved one worked at a site on those lists during the applicable years, the first half is already established, because the trust has acknowledged its products were there.

We help workers who are alive and recently diagnosed, adult children and spouses researching on behalf of someone who is sick, and families of workers who have already passed away from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis. If you are a worker who has just been diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open for your family. There is still a claim to be made for families of workers who have already passed; we handle wrongful death cases routinely.

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New York filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief

New York gives a diagnosed worker three years to file a personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. New York starts the three years when the illness was discovered, or should have been, even before anyone links it to asbestos. If symptoms or an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed lung or abdominal disease, a New York court may count the three years from then, so call us right away. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.

New York deadlines, the wrongful-death rule, and how they apply to your family

Most workers exposed before 1983 can also file against the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust independently of anything documented at a specific site. How trust eligibility works.

We help families of workers who have already passed away. Wrongful death claims are filed routinely in New York, including for workers who died years ago.

Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed at home through work clothes or vehicle dust. The screening is a chest X-ray read by a B-reader, with a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early.

The sites profiled below show confirmed asbestos products based on the asbestos trusts established for companies that did business there. Those trusts exist because Clarence Borel, a Gulf Coast insulator, chose to sue in 1969 — not for himself, but because he realized his coworkers would die the same way he was dying. His decision created the legal framework that produced the trust system you're about to scan.

Today the choice is yours. You can file trust claims based on the documented exposure at your loved one's worksite — paper claims, no courtroom. Or you can follow Clarence Borel and also sue the manufacturers and premises owners directly, which allows us to build a full exposure profile for every site your loved one worked at and recover from defendants the trust system doesn't reach. Read his story.

Asbestos trust coverage across New York

The Johns-Manville Settlement Trust is open to most workers exposed before 1983, regardless of which specific worksite the exposure occurred at. Johns-Manville supplied so much asbestos and so many asbestos products across so many American industries that the trust does not require site-specific documentation. For mesothelioma claims, even one day of asbestos exposure before December 31, 1982 (at work or through a family member's work clothes brought into the home) can qualify a worker for Johns-Manville Settlement Trust compensation.

For lung cancer, asbestosis, and other non-mesothelioma asbestos diseases, the threshold is 60 months of total asbestos exposure with at least 6 months occurring before December 31, 1982. The one-day-of-exposure threshold for mesothelioma reflects how the disease actually develops (even brief exposure can cause it) and most major asbestos trusts apply similarly low-threshold eligibility for mesothelioma claims.

Because Johns-Manville keeps no site list of its own, every worksite on another trust's list also qualifies for Johns-Manville. Twenty-eight other trusts list New York worksites. The number of New York entries on each trust's list:

Trust coverage at this depth means most New York workers with significant industrial exposure histories will trigger filings against multiple trusts simultaneously — typically Johns-Manville plus the site-specific trusts documented at their worksites.

New York cities and their industries

Open a city to see the worksites there that the asbestos trusts recognize, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos.

New York CityHere New York City means Manhattan, which most trusts list simply as New York, plus city entries the trusts didn't place in a borough; Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island are counted on their own. Its worksites run from Con Edison's Waterside powerhouse on the East River to the World Trade Center, built while asbestos fireproofing was still sprayed onto structural steel.2 worksites

Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.

  • World Trade Center

Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.

  • Con Edison — Waterside station
RochesterRochester was Eastman Kodak's home city, with Kodak Park its film and chemical manufacturing complex, and Rochester Gas & Electric's stations powered the city and its plants.2 worksites

Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.

  • Eastman Kodak Rochester plants (Kodak Park)

Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.

  • Rochester Gas & Electric stations
TonawandaThe Town of Tonawanda, on the Niagara River just north of Buffalo, held the Chevrolet engine plant and foundry, the Ashland Oil refinery, and Niagara Mohawk's Huntley Steam Station.2 worksites

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Ashland Oil refinery

Auto plants. Auto plants ran their own powerhouses, paint ovens, heat-treating furnaces, and foundries, all insulated and lined with asbestos, and the millwrights, pipefitters, and electricians who kept the lines running worked around it every shift.

  • Chevrolet Tonawanda engine plant and foundry
BrooklynBrooklyn's waterfront held the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the American Sugar (Domino) refinery in Williamsburg, and Con Edison's Hudson Avenue station; the trusts' entries for Greenpoint, Red Hook's Erie Basin, and other Brooklyn neighborhoods are counted here.1 worksite

Shipyards. Ships' boilers, engine rooms, and steam lines were insulated with asbestos, much of it to Navy specification, and shipyard workers in tight spaces breathed the dust whether or not they handled it themselves.

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard)
BuffaloBuffalo's Republic Steel plant stood on the Buffalo River; the trusts also list the city's Mobil refinery and Allied Chemical works, and the lakefront steel and engine plants just outside the city line in Lackawanna and Tonawanda.1 worksite

Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.

  • Republic Steel Buffalo plant
LackawannaLackawanna, on Lake Erie just south of Buffalo, grew up around the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant, which Bethlehem Steel bought in 1922; the trusts also list the plant at neighboring Blasdell.1 worksite

Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.

  • Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant
Niagara FallsCheap hydroelectric power drew the electrochemical industry to Niagara Falls: Hooker Chemical, Carborundum, Union Carbide, and Du Pont all ran plants in the city.1 worksite

Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.

  • Hooker Chemical (Occidental) Buffalo Avenue plant
QueensQueens counts the trusts' entries for Long Island City, Astoria, Jamaica, Flushing, and its other neighborhoods. It held Idlewild, now Kennedy, airport and Con Edison's Astoria and Ravenswood stations on the East River.1 worksite

Aerospace and aviation. Aircraft and spacecraft used asbestos in brakes, gaskets, heat shields, and wiring insulation, and their maintenance and test facilities used it in buildings and equipment.

  • Idlewild / John F. Kennedy International Airport
SchenectadySchenectady was General Electric's home city, where the Schenectady Works built steam turbines and generators for more than a century.1 worksite

Paper mills and manufacturing plants. Paper mills, glass plants, lumber mills, and factories ran their own boilers and steam systems, insulated with asbestos pipe covering and sealed with asbestos gaskets. A paper mill's recovery boilers were among the most asbestos-intensive equipment anywhere.

  • General Electric Schenectady Works
SolvayThe village of Solvay on Onondaga Lake takes its name from the Solvay Process Company, whose soda-ash works became part of Allied Chemical; the trusts list the works under both Solvay and Syracuse.1 worksite

Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.

  • Allied Chemical Solvay Process works
Other New York communitiesOne worksite each in 8 more communities.8 worksites

Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.

  • NYSEG — Milliken Station — Lansing
  • Niagara Mohawk — Oswego Steam Station — Oswego
  • Orange & Rockland — Lovett station — Tompkins Cove

Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory — Upton
  • Cornell University — Ithaca

Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.

  • Alcoa Massena works — Massena

Paper mills and manufacturing plants. Paper mills, glass plants, lumber mills, and factories ran their own boilers and steam systems, insulated with asbestos pipe covering and sealed with asbestos gaskets. A paper mill's recovery boilers were among the most asbestos-intensive equipment anywhere.

  • Corning Glass Works — Corning

Aerospace and aviation. Aircraft and spacecraft used asbestos in brakes, gaskets, heat shields, and wiring insulation, and their maintenance and test facilities used it in buildings and equipment.

  • Grumman Aircraft plants — Bethpage

Mesothelioma settlement values at New York's most-documented worksites

These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least seven trusts besides Johns-Manville. Trust counts are minimums: a trust may list a site under a name we haven't yet matched to it. The years are the exposure window the trusts' lists recognize at each site; most lists end at 1982.

Open a worksite to see each trust that lists it, with the mesothelioma values the trust publishes and its current payment percentage. "Trust values together" adds up those trusts' values at their payment percentages: the low figure uses each trust's scheduled value, the high figure each trust's published maximum, which Individual Review can reach. Most mesothelioma claims are paid above the scheduled value. But each trust sets its own eligibility rules — the years, the work, and the length of exposure it requires — so few people qualify for every trust on a list, some trusts publish no fixed schedule, and these figures are not a prediction of any recovery. All trust values and payment percentages.

Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plantLackawanna · at least 15 trusts · 1903–1982 · trust values together about $370,000 to $2.5 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Kaiser AluminumNot published——
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard)Brooklyn · at least 13 trusts · 1901–1982 · trust values together about $200,000 to $710,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Burns & RoeNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Idlewild / John F. Kennedy International AirportQueens · at least 12 trusts · 1957–1982 · trust values together about $220,000 to $680,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Burns & RoeNot published——
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Eastman Kodak Rochester plants (Kodak Park)Rochester · at least 12 trusts · 1901–1982 · trust values together about $220,000 to $770,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
General Electric Schenectady WorksSchenectady · at least 12 trusts · 1902–1982 · trust values together about $160,000 to $640,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Burns & RoeNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Hooker Chemical (Occidental) Buffalo Avenue plantNiagara Falls · at least 11 trusts · 1915–1982 · trust values together about $150,000 to $470,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flintkote$184,000 – $450,00015%$27,600 – $67,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Allied Chemical Solvay Process worksSolvay · at least 11 trusts · 1900–1982 · trust values together about $220,000 to $930,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
ASARCO$170,000 – $900,00035%$59,500 – $315,000
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Corning Glass WorksCorning · at least 10 trusts · 1933–1984 · trust values together about $220,000 to $790,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A-Best$30,50018%$5,490
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Cornell UniversityIthaca · at least 10 trusts · 1900–1982 · trust values together about $210,000 to $700,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Flintkote$184,000 – $450,00015%$27,600 – $67,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Orange & Rockland — Lovett stationTompkins Cove · at least 10 trusts · 1936–1982 · trust values together about $140,000 to $1.6 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Burns & RoeNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Ashland Oil refineryTonawanda · at least 10 trusts · 1951–1982 · trust values together about $280,000 to $2.2 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Chevrolet Tonawanda engine plant and foundryTonawanda · at least 10 trusts · 1944–1984 · trust values together about $100,000 to $310,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A-Best$30,50018%$5,490
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
NYSEG — Milliken StationLansing · at least 9 trusts · 1955–1982 · trust values together about $150,000 to $550,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Con Edison — Waterside stationNew York City · at least 9 trusts · 1936–1982 · trust values together about $130,000 to $440,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Burns & RoeNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Niagara Mohawk — Oswego Steam StationOswego · at least 9 trusts · 1938–1982 · trust values together about $190,000 to $1.8 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Rochester Gas & Electric stationsRochester · at least 9 trusts · 1903–1982 · trust values together about $220,000 to $2.0 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Con Edison — Indian PointBuchanan · at least 8 trusts · 1958–1982 · trust values together about $90,000 to $280,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Mobil (Socony) Buffalo refineryBuffalo · at least 8 trusts · 1938–1982 · trust values together about $160,000 to $1.7 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
IBM Endicott plantEndicott · at least 8 trusts · 1942–1982 · trust values together about $190,000 to $1.8 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Niagara Mohawk — Albany Steam StationGlenmont · at least 8 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $190,000 to $670,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Bellevue HospitalNew York City · at least 8 trusts · 1930–1982 · trust values together about $99,000 to $350,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Central Hudson — Danskammer stationNewburgh · at least 8 trusts · 1949–1982 · trust values together about $80,000 to $280,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Con Edison — Arthur Kill stationStaten Island · at least 8 trusts · 1955–1982 · trust values together about $90,000 to $280,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Niagara Mohawk — Huntley Steam StationTonawanda · at least 8 trusts · 1917–1982 · trust values together about $95,000 to $330,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
General Electric silicone plantWaterford · at least 8 trusts · 1945–1982 · trust values together about $120,000 to $420,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000

A closer look at major New York worksites

The worksites below are among those recognized by the most asbestos trusts in New York — ten or more, counting Johns-Manville — along with the World Trade Center, for the Manhattan building trades. Each profile draws on the trust signatures present at the site to identify the products workers handled, the trades most heavily exposed, and the asbestos types they likely encountered. Your specific worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear here — call us.

Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant — Lackawanna

Recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts · 1903–1982

Bethlehem Steel's plant on Lake Erie just south of Buffalo was built by the Lackawanna Steel Company in the early 1900s and bought by Bethlehem in 1922. At its peak it was one of the largest integrated steel plants in the world, running blast furnaces, open hearths and later basic oxygen steelmaking, coke ovens, and rolling and finishing mills across a lakefront site that employed more than twenty thousand workers. Most steelmaking ended in the early 1980s. The trusts list the plant under Bethlehem Steel at both Lackawanna and neighboring Blasdell, and under its basic oxygen furnace and slabbing mill; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Refractory bricklayers on the blast furnaces, open hearths, and ladles; boilermakers on the steam plant; pipefitters and insulators across the mill's steam and process systems; coke plant workers on the ovens; and millwrights, mechanics, crane operators, and laborers throughout the rolling and finishing mills.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1903 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green, Harbison-Walker, Kaiser, NARCO, and Plibrico refractory lined the blast furnaces, open hearths and later the basic oxygen furnaces, the coke ovens, soaking pits, and ladles through decades of relines. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers ran the mill's steam plant, with pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on every steam connection. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, also made with amosite, covered more of the hottest steam lines, and Fibreboard and Armstrong supplied further pipe insulation, finished with Eagle-Picher insulating cement. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard) — Brooklyn

Recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts · 1901–1982

The Brooklyn Navy Yard, officially the New York Naval Shipyard, built and repaired warships for the Navy from the age of sail until it closed as a naval shipyard in 1966, launching ships including the battleship Missouri and the carrier Constellation. At its World War II peak the yard employed some seventy thousand workers. The trusts list it as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, New York Naval Shipyard, and New York Navy Yard, some of them filed under New York City rather than Brooklyn; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Pipe coverers and insulators lagging boilers, turbines, and miles of shipboard piping; shipfitters, boilermakers, and pipefitters working the same confined engine and fire rooms; machinists, electricians, welders, and riggers who breathed the dust of every trade around them; and the laborers who swept it up.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1901 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering marine boilers powered the ships built and overhauled here, with A.P. Green refractory in their fireboxes and gaskets and packing on every steam connection. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos, Fibreboard and Armstrong pipe and block insulation, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the shipboard steam lines and turbines. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed high-pressure flanges, the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and the engineering and construction firm Burns & Roe is also on the yard's list. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Eastman Kodak Rochester plants (Kodak Park) — Rochester

Recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts · 1901–1982

Eastman Kodak's Kodak Park, on Rochester's north side, was the company's main film and chemical manufacturing complex: a self-contained industrial city with its own powerhouses, rail lines, and hundreds of buildings, employing tens of thousands of workers at its peak. The trusts list it under Eastman Kodak and Kodak Park, often by building number; this page counts Kodak's other Rochester listings, among them the Hawkeye plant, with it.

Workers exposed. Boilermakers on the powerhouse boilers, pipefitters and insulators across miles of insulated steam and process piping, refractory workers on the boilers and incinerators, and mechanics, millwrights, and electricians on the pumps, compressors, and coating machines throughout the park.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1901 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the park's powerhouses carried pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green refractory, and gaskets and packing. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered more of the steam and process lines. ABB Lummus did chemical-plant engineering and construction, W.R. Grace's signature points to Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite in the park's buildings, GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics across acres of industrial roofs, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

General Electric Schenectady Works — Schenectady

Recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts · 1902–1982

General Electric's Schenectady Works was the company's historic home plant and one of the largest electrical manufacturing complexes in the world, building steam turbines, generators, and heavy electrical equipment across a campus of hundreds of buildings for more than a century. The trusts list it under General Electric, building by building, and some listings name GE's research and development center.

Workers exposed. Turbine and generator manufacturing required insulators lagging test boilers, steam lines, and the turbines themselves; pipefitters across the campus steam systems; winders and assemblers handling asbestos-containing electrical insulation; and millwrights, machinists, and maintenance mechanics throughout the shops and powerhouse.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1902 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing in the powerhouse and on the turbine test stands. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Armstrong pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered more of the steam systems, much of it applied by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. Plibrico refractory lined the furnaces and heat-treating ovens, Burns & Roe and ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work on the facilities, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Idlewild / John F. Kennedy International Airport — Queens

Recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts · 1957–1982

New York International Airport opened at Idlewild in southeastern Queens in 1948 and was renamed for President Kennedy in 1963. Its terminals, hangars, and cargo buildings went up through the 1950s and 1960s, and the trusts list many of them by name: the International Arrivals Building, the TWA Flight Center, Pan Am's Worldport, and the airlines' cargo and maintenance buildings. The trusts list the airport under Idlewild, Kennedy, and JFK, some of them filed under New York City; this page counts them together.

Workers exposed. The construction trades who built and rebuilt the terminals — spray-fireproofing applicators, ironworkers, steamfitters, plumbers, sheet-metal workers, electricians, carpenters, and laborers — along with the insulators on the heating and mechanical systems and the maintenance crews and aircraft mechanics who worked in the buildings afterward.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Burns & Roe, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1957 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. W.R. Grace's signature points to Monokote spray fireproofing on the terminals' structural steel, U.S. Gypsum supplied joint compound and plaster for the interiors, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics. On the mechanical systems, because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos, Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and hot-water lines, much of it applied by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. Burns & Roe's signature reflects engineering and construction work at the airport. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, from the spray fireproofing to the joint compound.

Hooker Chemical (Occidental) Buffalo Avenue plant — Niagara Falls

Recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts · 1915–1982

Hooker Chemical, later part of Occidental Petroleum, ran electrochemical and plastics production along Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls, drawing on the falls' cheap power to make chlorine, caustic soda, and specialty chemicals across most of the twentieth century. The trusts list it under Hooker Chemical, Hooker Electrochemical, Occidental Chemical, and Occidental/Hooker/Durez, and one trust files a "Buffalo Avenue" listing under Buffalo; this page counts them together.

Workers exposed. Cell room workers around the chlorine cells, pipefitters and insulators across hot process piping, boilermakers on the steam plant, and mechanics and millwrights on the pumps and compressors moving corrosive process streams.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flintkote, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1915 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing in the steam plant, with Plibrico refractory in the boilers and process furnaces. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, both high-temperature pipe insulations made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the hottest lines, with Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement on the rest, much of it applied by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. Flintkote supplied roofing and building products, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid- and caustic-service gaskets and packing.

Allied Chemical Solvay Process works — Solvay

Recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts · 1900–1982

The Solvay Process Company's works on Onondaga Lake gave the village of Solvay its name and made soda ash and industrial chemicals from the 1880s; it became part of Allied Chemical & Dye, later Allied Chemical, and closed in 1986. The plant sat on the line between Solvay and Syracuse, and the trusts list it under Solvay Process, Allied Chemical, and Allied Chemical & Dye in both places; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Boilermakers on the powerhouse, pipefitters and insulators across hot process piping and kilns, refractory workers on the lime kilns and boilers, and mechanics on the pumps and compressors throughout the works.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — ACandS, ASARCO, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1900 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the North Boiler House and the rest of the powerhouse carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Fibreboard and Armstrong pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the process lines, much of it applied by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. ASARCO's trust covers asbestos fiber from its mining operations, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing of the plant's caustic and acid service.

Corning Glass Works — Corning

Recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts · 1933–1984

Corning Glass Works ran its flagship glassmaking operations at Corning in the Southern Tier, melting and forming specialty glass in furnaces that ran around the clock. The trusts list it under Corning Glass Works and Corning Glass Company, including its main plant and boiler house; its Sullivan Park research center at Painted Post is listed separately.

Workers exposed. Furnace and tank rebuild crews handling refractory through hot repairs and cold rebuilds, batch and melting department workers around the furnaces, insulators and pipefitters on the steam systems, and mechanics across the forming and finishing operations. Glassworkers also wore and handled asbestos protective gear around the hot end.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — A-Best, A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1933 through 1984.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory served the melting tanks and furnaces through repeated rebuilds. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing in the boiler house. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered more of the steam lines. A-Best supplied the asbestos gloves, aprons, and hot-work clothing worn at the furnaces. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Chevrolet Tonawanda engine plant and foundry — Tonawanda

Recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts · 1944–1984

General Motors' Chevrolet plant at Tonawanda, north of Buffalo on River Road, has built engines since the 1930s, and for decades it ran a large gray-iron foundry alongside the machining and assembly lines. The trusts list it under Chevrolet, Chevrolet Motor, and General Motors' Chevrolet Division, by department, and one listing for the River Road plant is filed under Buffalo; this page counts them together.

Workers exposed. Cupola and furnace crews handling refractory, molders and coremakers on the casting floor, and maintenance millwrights across the melt shop; in the engine plant, pipefitters and insulators on the steam systems, boilermakers on the powerhouse, and machine repairmen throughout the lines. Foundry workers also wore asbestos protective gear around the pour.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — A-Best, A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1944 through 1984.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and Plibrico refractory lined the cupolas, melting furnaces, and ladles through repeated relines, and Plibrico's plastic refractories were rammed and patched by hand. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing in the powerhouse. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard and Armstrong pipe insulation covered the steam lines, finished with Eagle-Picher insulating cement. A-Best supplied the asbestos gloves and aprons worn around the melt, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

World Trade Center — New York City

Recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts · 1966–1982

The original World Trade Center towers were built between 1968 and the early 1970s, and asbestos-containing spray fireproofing was applied to the towers' structural steel during the early phases of construction, before New York City restricted spray asbestos in 1971. The trusts list the site under the World Trade Center and the Port Authority, by tower, floor, and plaza, and the U.S. Customs building; their listings concern the construction era and the trades who built the complex.

Workers exposed. Spray-fireproofing applicators, ironworkers, and the trades working near them in the drift of sprayed asbestos, and the plumbers, steamfitters, electricians, elevator constructors, carpenters, and laborers who followed, working around fireproofed steel and asbestos-containing building products through the fit-out.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1966 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. W.R. Grace's signature reflects Monokote spray fireproofing on structural steel, the defining exposure of the construction era. U.S. Gypsum supplied joint compound and gypsum products through the interior build-out. On the mechanical systems, Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, both high-temperature pipe insulations made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the steam and hot-water lines, finished with Eagle-Picher insulating cement. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, from the spray fireproofing to the joint compound.

New York entries by city

The trusts' lists hold New York entries in 730 communities. Open the list below for the number of entries in each. Call us for any specific worksite — whether or not the city appears here.

Entries on the trusts' lists, city by city730 communities
CityEntries on the trusts' lists
New York City1,827
Brooklyn621
Buffalo442
Queens329
Syracuse217
Rochester194
Albany154
Niagara Falls146
Tonawanda127
Staten Island116
Bronx93
Schenectady70
Utica69
Oswego68
Yonkers64
Troy51
Binghamton48
Elmira46
Solvay46
Ithaca45
Fulton40
Lackawanna40
Lockport40
Long Island40
Newburgh40
Olean36
Northport34
Poughkeepsie34
North Tonawanda33
Plattsburgh33
Watertown32
Rome31
Corning30
Massena30
Waterford30
Wellsville30
Dunkirk29
Endicott29
Upton26
White Plains26
Port Chester25
Jamestown24
Rensselaer24
Auburn22
Tarrytown22
Glens Falls21
Johnson City20
Tompkins Cove20
Glenwood Landing19
Ticonderoga19
Buchanan18
Cortland18
Haverstraw17
Middletown17
Glenmont16
Hudson16
Liverpool16
Mount Vernon16
Oneonta16
Bethpage15
Vestal15
Watervliet15
West Milton15
Cheektowaga13
Lansing13
Baldwinsville12
Farmingdale12
Hudson Falls12
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Alsen11
Batavia11
Dresden11
Geneva11
Hicksville11
Ilion11
Kingston11
New Rochelle11
Ontario11
Pearl River11
Roseton11
Saratoga Springs11
Amsterdam10
Bainbridge10
Corinth10
Depew10
Hamilton10
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Ogdensburg10
Seneca Falls10
West Haverstraw10
Falconer9
Garden City9
Hoosick Falls9
Lyons Falls9
Peekskill9
Potsdam9
Watkins Glen9
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Alfred8
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Deferiet8
Fort Edward8
Glen Cove8
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Minetto8
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Piermont8
Port Ivory8
Port Jefferson8
Port Jervis8
Scriba8
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Beaver Falls7
Canajoharie7
Coxsackie7
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Deer Park7
East Syracuse7
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Hastings-on-Hudson7
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Kenmore7
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New Paltz7
Newton Falls7
Painted Post7
Ravena7
Rouses Point7
Tupper Lake7
Ardsley6
Bay Shore6
Black Rock6
Carthage6
Cohoes6
Comstock6
Cooperstown6
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Harriman6
Harrison6
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Le Roy6
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New Hartford6
Norfolk6
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West Point6
Au Sable Forks5
Bath5
Caledonia5
Canton5
Clay5
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East River5
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Akron4
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Newark4
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Alden3
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Babylon3
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Boston3
Broadalbin3
Broadway3
Canandaigua3
Cementon3
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Elmsford3
Endwell3
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Garrison3
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Lake George3
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Massapequa3
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North Tarrytown3
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Saratoga3
Sherrill3
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The trusts' lists also name 443 other New York communities.

The trusts file New York City entries under many names. This page counts Manhattan entries, which most trusts list simply as New York, as New York City, and counts each neighborhood under its borough: Long Island City, Astoria, and Jamaica under Queens; Greenpoint and Coney Island under Brooklyn; Port Richmond and Tottenville under Staten Island.

Search the asbestos trusts' New York lists

Type any name the plant went by — the company, a later owner, or the city — to see every entry on the trusts' lists that matches, as the trusts wrote it, with each trust and the years it lists.

More than 7,500 entries, as the trusts list them.

    Court decisions: 711 asbestos cases from New York courts

    Worksites named in court opinions

    Court decisions in our library name these New York workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.

    Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard)

    Brooklyn · Shipyard · 46 decisions · Our profile of this site

    World Trade Center

    New York · Building · 21 decisions

    Con Edison Ravenswood powerhouse (Ravenswood Power Generating Station)

    Queens · Power plant · 9 decisions

    Con Edison Astoria powerhouse (Astoria Power Generating Station)

    Astoria · Power plant · 6 decisions

    General Electric Schenectady Works

    Schenectady · Factory or plant · 4 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Grand Central Terminal (steam tunnels)

    New York · Building · 4 decisions

    Idlewild / John F. Kennedy International Airport

    Queens · Other · 4 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Northport Power Station

    Northport · Power plant · 4 decisions

    Pan Am Building

    New York · Building · 4 decisions

    Shoreham Nuclear Power Station

    Power plant · 4 decisions

    55 Water Street (office building)

    New York · Building · 3 decisions

    Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant

    Lackawanna · Steel mill or foundry · 3 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Governor's Island

    Naval base or military site · 3 decisions

    Otisville Correctional Facility

    Otisville · Other · 3 decisions

    Roosevelt Hospital (formerly St. Luke's Hospital)

    New York · School or hospital · 3 decisions

    107 more worksites

    Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn · Shipyard · 3 decisions

    Bay Towing

    Queens · Other · 2 decisions

    Bethlehem Shipyard, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn · Shipyard · 2 decisions

    Bowline Point Generating Station

    Haverstraw · Power plant · 2 decisions

    Channel Master Corp.

    Ellenville · Factory or plant · 2 decisions

    Eastman Kodak Rochester plants (Kodak Park)

    Rochester · Factory or plant · 2 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Empire State Building

    New York · Building · 2 decisions

    Green Haven Correctional Facility

    Other · 2 decisions

    Meadowbrook Hospital

    School or hospital · 2 decisions

    Niagara Mohawk Nine Mile Point Generating Station

    Lycoming · Power plant · 2 decisions

    Olympic Tower

    New York · Building · 2 decisions

    Syracuse University

    Syracuse · School or hospital · 2 decisions

    1359 Broadway (office building)

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    160 Water Street (office building)

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    622 Third Avenue (construction site)

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Albany Medical Center psychiatric center

    Albany · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Alcoa Canton plant

    Canton · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Alcoa Reynolds Metal plant, Massena

    Massena · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Angelina's

    Buffalo · Other · 1 decision

    Anna M. Kross Center, Rikers Island

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Ashland Oil refinery

    Tonawanda · Refinery · 1 decision

    Bellevue Hospital

    New York · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Borders Plumbing Supply, Port Chester

    Port Chester · Building · 1 decision

    Cascade Laundry, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Columbia University

    New York · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Con Edison 59th Street powerhouse

    New York · Power plant · 1 decision

    Con Edison Hudson Avenue powerhouse

    New York · Power plant · 1 decision

    Con Edison Indian Point powerhouse

    Buchanan · Power plant · 1 decision

    Con Edison Waterside powerhouse

    New York · Power plant · 1 decision

    Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Madison Avenue

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Durez chemical plant

    North Tonawanda · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    East New York Bus Depot

    Brooklyn · Other · 1 decision

    East River Powerhouse

    Power plant · 1 decision

    Eastern Correctional Facility

    Napanoch · Other · 1 decision

    Eddie Germain's barbershop

    Other · 1 decision

    Elmsford Lumber

    Other · 1 decision

    Eric M. Taylor Center, Rikers Island

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Exxon service station, Rockaway Turnpike

    Other · 1 decision

    Flatbush Bus Depot

    Brooklyn · Other · 1 decision

    Fort Slocum

    Naval base or military site · 1 decision

    Frank's Barbershop, Varick Street

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Fresh Pond Depot

    Other · 1 decision

    Fruehauf Corporation plant

    Albany · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant

    Tonawanda · Factory or plant · 1 decision · Our profile of this site

    Ginna power plant

    Rochester · Power plant · 1 decision

    Gouverneur Talc Company

    Mine or mill · 1 decision

    Gowanus Houses (New York City Housing Authority)

    Brooklyn · Building · 1 decision

    Hanna Furnace plant

    Buffalo · Steel mill or foundry · 1 decision

    Hooker Chemical (Occidental) Buffalo Avenue plant

    Niagara Falls · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Huntley Power Station

    Tonawanda · Power plant · 1 decision

    Imperial Paper Box

    Brooklyn · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    International Paper Ticonderoga mill

    Ticonderoga · Paper mill · 1 decision

    Jamaica barn, NYCTA

    Kew Gardens · Other · 1 decision

    Kings County Hospital

    Brooklyn · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Kips Bay Steam Generating Station

    New York · Power plant · 1 decision

    LaGuardia Airport hangars

    Other · 1 decision

    Lederle Laboratories

    Pearl River · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Long Island Lighting Company Glenwood Landing Powerhouse

    Glenwood Landing · Power plant · 1 decision

    Long Island Rail Road Morris Park maintenance facility (Dashing Dan Diner)

    Railroad shop or yard · 1 decision

    Lot Less of Fulton Street, 95 Fulton Street

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Macy's store, Kings Plaza

    Brooklyn · Building · 1 decision

    Madison Square Garden

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Martha Washington Hotel

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Model Carpet

    Deer Park · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Nassau County Jail

    Other · 1 decision

    Naval Air Station New York (NASNY)

    Naval base or military site · 1 decision

    New York Library for the Blind

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    New York Public Library

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    New York University

    New York · School or hospital · 1 decision

    New York Wire Mills

    Tonawanda · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Northern Boulevard Cab Corporation

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Northrop facility, Bethpage

    Bethpage · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    NYPD crime lab

    Building · 1 decision

    One New York Plaza

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    One Penn Plaza

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Orange and Rockland Nyack garage

    Nyack · Other · 1 decision

    Orange and Rockland Spring Valley garage

    Spring Valley · Other · 1 decision

    Pall Corp.

    Sea Cliff · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Pier 2, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn · Port or dock · 1 decision

    Pier 39 (39th Street Pier), Brooklyn

    Brooklyn · Port or dock · 1 decision

    R. W. Henry

    Pleasantville · Other · 1 decision

    Redco/Crosslay Building Products warehouse

    Bayshore · Other · 1 decision

    Republic Aviation

    Farmingdale · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Robert A. Keasbey Company warehouse

    Other · 1 decision

    Rochester Gas & Electric stations

    Rochester · Power plant · 1 decision

    Rockefeller Center

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Rockefeller University

    New York · School or hospital · 1 decision

    SAIR Aviation

    Syracuse · Other · 1 decision

    Sal's Plumbing and Heating Service

    Buffalo · Other · 1 decision

    Sears Roebuck, White Plains

    White Plains · Building · 1 decision

    Sherry Netherland Hotel

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Squibb Building, 50 West 47th Street

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    St. Francis Hospital

    Olean · School or hospital · 1 decision

    St. Regis Hotel

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Stella D'Oro factory

    Bronx · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Stony Brook University

    School or hospital · 1 decision

    Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Tech-Ohm Resistor Corporation

    Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Teletape studio, 81st Street and Broadway

    New York · Building · 1 decision

    Thatcher Glass

    Elmira · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Staten Island

    Staten Island · Naval base or military site · 1 decision

    Veteran Pipe Company

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Walker-Prismatic

    New York · Other · 1 decision

    Walt Whitman Junior High School

    Yonkers · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Watervliet Arsenal

    Watervliet · Naval base or military site · 1 decision

    Westchester County Department of Labs and Research

    Building · 1 decision

    Woodbourne Correctional Facility

    Other · 1 decision

    Every worksite named in New York court decisions, with all their decisions

    Plants that made asbestos products

    Companies' sworn answers in asbestos lawsuits, the asbestos industry's trade journal and company records in our library name these New York plants as places where asbestos products were made. Each plant's page says who ran it and when, what was made there, and which document says so. People who worked in these plants, their families, and people who lived nearby may have been exposed.

    • AlbanyZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 2 products
    • LockportA. W. Jack Corporation · from 1918
    • New BrightonUnited States Gypsum Company · 1920–1977 · 14 products
    • Niagara FallsNiagara Felt & Paper Company, American Covering Manufacturing Company, Inc. · from 1923
    • Niagara FallsCertainTeed Corporation · until 1957
    • OakfieldUnited States Gypsum Company · 1930–1972 · 4 products
    • PalmyraThe Garlock Packing Company · from 1927
    • StockportCar de Van Paper Company · from 1930
    • Stony PointUnited States Gypsum Company · 1959–1969 · 1 product
    • TroySlade Asbestos Corporation, Marshall Asbestos Corporation · from 1930
    • WatervlietSlade Products, Inc. · from 1925
    • WeedsportZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 1965–1973 · 1 product

    Every asbestos product plant, by state and city

    Asbestos mines

    The documents in our library report no New York mine producing asbestos fiber that was sold or shipped.

    Our records also name 2 New York asbestos deposits and mines with no sales reported: deposits and prospects the documents describe or report exploring, and mines they report worked without fiber sold. Each page says what the documents report.

    2 deposits and mines with no sales reported

    Every asbestos mine in our records, by state and country

    Don't see your worksite?

    Your worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear on this page. If your loved one worked at a New York facility not listed, call us — we can speak to the products, exposures, and trust coverage from the first conversation. Johns-Manville requires no site list at all, and we can often document exposure through the products, contractors, and equipment at a site even when no trust lists it by name.

    Smaller worksites, contract jobs, short-tenure employment, and exposures across multiple sites are all part of the case-building process.

    Call 833-4-ASBESTOS to confirm coverage for your loved one's specific worksite.

    How a New York case may work

    Frank worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1957 until the yard closed in 1966, most of it as a pipe coverer's helper and laborer in the engine and fire rooms of ships under construction and overhaul, then spent the rest of his career in commercial building maintenance in Brooklyn and Queens. He passed away in early 2025 from pleural mesothelioma of the sarcomatoid histological subtype, a fast-moving form of the disease. His daughter Maria found this page a year later, researching on behalf of her mother.

    For Frank's family, there is still a case. The wrongful death filing deadline in New York is two years from the date of death, so Maria's call comes in time, and it needs to come promptly. Frank's Navy Yard years qualify his estate for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust — one day of exposure before 1983 is enough for a mesothelioma claim, and Frank had nine years in the most asbestos-dense spaces a worker could occupy. The site-specific trust filings move in parallel against the trusts whose lists include the yard — at least twelve of them: A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Pittsburgh Corning. A wrongful death lawsuit proceeds against the still-solvent manufacturers whose products filled the engine rooms he worked in, and because Navy Yard workers were federal civilian employees, we also evaluate the federal-employment benefit channels alongside everything else. Maria's mother, who shook out and washed Frank's dungarees for nine years of yard work, is eligible for free asbestos health screening as part of our representation. Maria did not need a power of attorney, letters from the court, or a single document to make the first call; the conversation started with what she remembered her father telling her about the yard.

    For the full doctrinal treatment of New York's discovery rule, wrongful death and survival claims, the New York City consolidated asbestos docket, and the damages framework, see the New York mesothelioma law guide.

    This example is general. Every case depends on the diagnosis, exposure history, dates, defendants, applicable law, and available evidence.

    What happens when you call

    A staff attorney answers — not a screener. The first call usually runs 20 to 30 minutes. We listen to the work history, identify which New York worksites and trust channels apply to your loved one's exposure, and explain the timeline and case structure for your family's specific situation.

    We never pressure anyone to retain us during the first call. If you decide to move forward, we come to you — phone, video, or home visit, whichever works best. No travel to our offices is required at any point in the case.

    You do not need to come to the call with product names, exposure dates, or work records. We reconstruct the exposure history using our worksite database, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember; we handle the documentation work from there.

    A spouse, adult child, or other family member can call for the worker. Many of our first calls are from a daughter or wife researching on behalf of a parent or husband. That is standard, and the family member can make the call without the worker on the line.

    Call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.

    Why families choose our firm

    • $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; every one of the more than 7,500 New York entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; dozens of clients with New York job sites
    • Worksite-specific knowledge — we operate from documented trust coverage rather than generic intake scripts, and we speak to the products, trades, and exposures at your loved one's specific New York worksite from the first conversation
    • Trust + civil + federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team — Johns-Manville plus site-specific trusts plus civil cases plus VA, FECA, and LHWCA where applicable, coordinated as a single recovery strategy
    • Remote case handling — phone, video, or home visit; no travel to our offices required
    • Free family asbestos health screening for spouses, children, and others who may have been exposed at home
    • No fee unless we recover

    Learn more about our firm

    Frequently asked questions

    Is my New York worksite documented?

    Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 7,500 New York entries in 730 communities — shipyards, power plants, steel mills, chemical plants, paper mills, glass and manufacturing plants, airports, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and a wide range of smaller industrial and commercial operations across the state. You can search every entry on this page. Even if a specific facility isn't listed, we can often document exposure there through the products and contractors involved. Call us with the name of your loved one's employer and the city, and we can confirm coverage on the first call.

    What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?

    Each asbestos manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy because of asbestos liability had its liability transferred to a settlement trust. When we say a worksite has "trust coverage" from a specific manufacturer, we mean the trust's own records establish that manufacturer's products were present at the site — which supports a claim against that trust. Trust claims are paper claims, not lawsuits. They typically resolve in 3 to 9 months and do not require depositions or courtroom appearances. Most New York industrial workers qualify for multiple parallel trust filings.

    Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?

    Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.

    Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?

    No. Most workers and most families do not know the specific product names, and that is not a barrier to filing. We reconstruct product handling using the trusts' site lists, the trust documentation for each manufacturer present at the site, coworker testimony, employment and union records, and industry-specific knowledge of which products were standard at each facility type. The conversation starts with what you remember.

    What if my loved one worked construction in New York City?

    City construction careers are among the most heavily documented exposures on the trusts' lists. Spray fireproofing went onto structural steel across Manhattan until the city restricted it in 1971, and the trades — ironworkers, plumbers, steamfitters, electricians, carpenters, laborers, elevator constructors — worked in the drift of it and handled asbestos-containing building products for decades. A construction career typically spans many listed buildings, and each project adds to the exposure profile. We reconstruct the buildings from union records, employer records, and what the family remembers.

    What if my loved one worked at multiple New York sites?

    That is common and helpful. Multi-site careers — a Buffalo worker who moved between Bethlehem Lackawanna, Republic Steel, and Chevrolet Tonawanda, or a city tradesman who worked dozens of buildings — broaden the trust coverage and strengthen the civil case. We reconstruct the full career arc and file across every documented site.

    What if my loved one worked at a federal facility — the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Watervliet Arsenal, West Point, or Brookhaven National Laboratory?

    Federal civil-service employees at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (a Navy shipyard until 1966), Watervliet Arsenal, and West Point are covered by FECA (the Federal Employees' Compensation Act). Brookhaven National Laboratory is a Department of Energy laboratory run by a contractor: its staff are contractor employees, who look to New York workers' compensation and EEOICPA (asbestos disease is a Part E claim). Military veterans may be eligible for VA service-connected disability — available with proof of in-service asbestos exposure and a doctor's opinion linking it to service. Federal benefits run in parallel with trust claims and civil claims; some must be coordinated, because a few programs carry offsets or repayment rules. We coordinate the full set.

    Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?

    Yes. New York wrongful death claims for asbestos-caused mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis are filed routinely. The wrongful death filing deadline in New York is two years from the date of death. Trust claims can also be filed by the estate or by surviving family members on behalf of the deceased worker. Call us if your loved one passed away in the last two years — and call us promptly, because the deadlines run.

    Talk with a New York asbestos lawyer

    Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, we are ready to help. Your loved one's worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't.

    You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.

    Call 833-4-ASBESTOS Request a free case review

    Related resources

    This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.