Mayor Bloomberg, Focus on New York’s Real Issues

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Front Page Magazine:

Business owners in New York City have plenty of real issues to worry about – global competition to America’s soft economy, high rents, and astronomical 50% taxes for entrepreneurs who live in the great Borough of Manhattan, and so much more. There are real issues which business owners in NYC – and anywhere – need to be concerned with as I know first hand as founder of a PR firm.

For many, Mayor Bloomberg’s attempt to rid NYC of sugary drinks larger than 16-ounce portions was ridiculous. Now, comes something more ridiculous – which is actually dangerous for business – the NYC City Council has a “proposed paid-sick-days law.”

 

 

Under the proposed bill, the NYC Department of Health (DOH) would require small businesses to give their employees at least five sick days a year. Business would be required, upon demand, to turn over their employment records to DOH investigators. Imagine the shock of a consulting firm or foreign bank if the “Department of Health” knocked at their door? Sounds like a communist country or a bad drama movie. Indeed, if this bill passes that will be the fate of many New York business owners.