As a retail worker I am very okay with this

> A bill set to be introduced in the Legislature as early as this week by state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D-Staten Island) and Assemblyman Manny De Los Santos (D-Inwood) would make it a felony to commit even minor assaults against retail workers.

A good step towards protecting those who are simply doing their job and honestly working for their livelihoods.

Edit: An assault can result in medical bills, time off, psychological trauma and even losing a job—specially in retail. They all imply loss of income. It’s far from being a harmless crime and can impact a whole family. I’m glad there’s finally a bill that takes it more seriously.

Edit 2: NY law doesn't have battery. And the definition of assault in NY is different than in many other states. See https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/120.00 for what a misdemeanor assault requires: no one can commit it accidentally. They need to be intentional, acting recklessly or with criminal negligence. And it needs to cause injury, otherwise it's not assault.

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Apologies in advance if I didn't understand you correctly but doesn't this presume that salary offered at large considered commute to begin with? Like you mentioned, I know some jobs that ask you to relocate or perhaps some corporate jobs but I'm under the assumption is that the salary is more often commensurate with experience and what they've already decided the position is worth. Yes, on occasion there is an added cost to hazard, commute, travel etc... but that seems already factored in. What I think we're examining here is the same office job split in to two catagories: one at home and one in the office. How is the position worth any less if someone can achieve the same task from home?

I can understand an incentive where employees that show up in person are paid a bonus at the end of the year but to create this distinction now for the same position just strikes me as NY's typical attempt to squeeze as much money out of their residents as legally possible.

It's better than letting cars sit there.

Lmao

Wasn’t he voted in though?

Fuck him! Anyone in politics should believe in the separation of church and state. Why does NYC keep getting such fucked up mayors?! He sucks for NYC!!!!

I’ll just put a dot on my bingo card of a corrupt, useless politician invoking God.

Calling the clickbait bullshit slate dot com slings "journalism" is a pretty big stretch there.

One bathroom costs 3.6 million dollars? I'm in the wrong business.

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I was worried it was going to be about the Open Streets program and not a bunch of shitty shacks

Reducing wages AND saving on commercial rents is a win-win situation for any employer.

Remember, you're nothing but red numbers in a spreadsheet to your average employer

God said "thou shalt not work from home in thy PJ's" and Eric is here to deliver the message.

>If we're playing this "everything is the same" game, give every office worker overtime eligibility.

Damn you're so close.

So you think the city should punish remote workers and reward anyone living outside of city limits as long as they physically come into work?

Yep. That's pretty much the Montreal model, and Montreal's model is both really good and has been around for a long time. But instead of just having them send over their plans and making minor adjustments for NYC, I'm sure we will pay for a bunch of studies and never get anything passed.

We also need to bring back alcohol to go.

Can someone explain why dining in street shacks in the winter months is so awesome?

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That's an excellent point!

Total editorializing in the headline. What kind of journalism is this?

Community boards aren’t representative of the community, they’re representative of people with nothing better to do (retirees). I would if I could but I don’t have the time.

God should tell him what a terrible job he's doing.

Wages are very sticky. Three years isn't enough time for us to draw conclusions about the medium term future especially since most of those three years were during a very strange economic time.