NEW YORK (WABC) -- Civil rights activists are demanding answers after a construction worker in Queens made a shocking discovery at his work site.
The worker says he found a noose hanging nearby the construction site on Thursday.
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Now leaders at the National Action Network want to meet with executives at the company, AECOM Tishman Construction.
"It's unacceptable that black and brown people have to go to a job where they have to endure hazards and then be told that their lives don't matter," said Minister Kirsten John Foy of the National Action Network.
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In a previous incident in Manhattan, workers filed a lawsuit against the construction company after complaining about a safety poster depicting a man with a noose around his neck as he worked on a ladder.
Eyewitness News has reached out to the company for a response, but has not yet heard back.
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