Posted on 09/19/2021 7:28:40 AM PDT by Libloather
Big Brother is watching.
Everything from an employee’s sneeze to a tourist’s vaccination papers are now under the watchful eye of the government thanks to a pair of new COVID-19 mandates, one from City Hall and another from Albany.
New York City’s beleaguered small businesses, still struggling to stay alive, fear they’ll buckle under the weight of the added burdens.
“We are finished,” one longtime Manhattan business operator told The Post, while lamenting both mandates and the “army of morons” enforcing the city’s vaccine protocols.
“They just want to crush the hell out of small businesses. These are sick people.”
The city’s well-publicized vaccine mandate, which went into effect Monday, has deputized “thousands” of public employees to roam the city as COVID cops and issue fines of up to $5,000.
The less-heralded HERO Act, quietly enacted by Gov. Hochul last week, places page after page of onerous new demands on businesses statewide - while exempting government agencies.
The HERO (Health and Essential Rights) Act was passed into law in May, but became effective on Sept. 6, when Gov. Hochul declared COVID an airborne infectious disease.
The act micromanages the smallest details of business hygiene, including “sneezing etiquette” and “shaking out soiled laundry,” and empowers workers to sue their employers for up to $20,000 for minor infractions.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The fun police.
If you think of Dems as "Enthusiastic Puritans" and Republicans as "Reluctant Puritans", it all makes sense. Too bad John Candy isn't around to reprise his role in Wally World; probably would a great chance to satirize the whole thing, but probably would not be made today.
Coming soon to an area near you.
Good luck sending these patrolmen into people's homes.
More like Vogons.
It's an emergency. Follow the science.
How can anyone stand to live in this dystopian hellhole? I went to a brew pub last night and everything was totally normal. People were having a good time and I didn’t see a single mask. And there certainly wasn’t anyone asking for a vax passport. But, I live in Alaska, where life has been pretty much back to normal since May 2020 out where I live.
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