N.Y. lawmakers approve HERO act, new COVID-inspired workplace protections

nydailynews ^ | 04/20/2021 | Denis Slattery

[ChicagoConservative27]

ALBANY — New York lawmakers put the finishing touches on a piece of legislation mandating extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID crisis.

The New York Health and Essential Rights Act, or NY HERO Act, sponsored by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) and Assemblywoman Karines Reyes (D-Bronx), calls for fines against businesses that fail to adopt and enact new standards to protect workers and stem the spread of coronavirus or other airborne diseases.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Masks and staying away from each other at the workplace forever. What is the point of going back to a office then? Knock down all the office buildings in NY City and plant trees then, "FOR SAFETY."

[Shady]

Of course, except for the Billionaaires who reside in thise 1400 foot towers of Babel on 57Th Street.

[rarestia]

Funny... Florida did the exact opposite of this law: they removed liability from private and government business. Congrats NY! You’re making our cases for us.

[Seruzawa]

Well, since the RATs in DC are going to bail out NY no matter how badly these incompetent fools mess things up, I guess that they can do any damm fool thing they want.

Go ahead and drive all the productive people out of you State. Jos will prop up your budget.

[Bob434]

[[calls for fines against businesses that fail to protect against covid...

or other airborne diseases. ]]

And so it begins; total control over the masses under the guise of ‘protecting the masses’. Now businesses will be fined for not protecting people against common colds, flues, shingles, pneumonia, bronchitis, and whatever else they can dream up to add to the ever growing and flexible list of things to fine businesses for.

Just like the decision whether or not to be a cop in today’s criminally dominated and run world, why would anyone want to even do business in a state that fines the snot t threat every turn.?

[ronnie raygun]

So if employees decide not to work with those not vaccinated or the company decides that in order to keep with health mandates to operate they can and will fire you? You bet I called it