AGENCY TESTIMONY
Overview of Introduction 991-B and DCWP's general recommendations
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Commissioner Mayuga provides an overview of Introduction 991-B, which would create a new licensing requirement for hotels, and outlines DCWP's general recommendations for effective licensing.
- Introduction 991-B aims to create a new licensing requirement for hotels across the five boroughs
- DCWP supports the licensing efforts and offers recommendations based on their experience
- The commissioner outlines three key goals for successful licensing authority
Vilda Vera Mayuga
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Moving to today's bill, introduction 991, would create a new licensing requirement for hotels across the 5 bureaus and capacity consumer and worker protections that align with our mission.
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In addition to other cleanliness, sanitary facilities, and public safety requirements, we commend the council for its vision to further the protections afforded to those that live, work, and visit New York City.
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We support these licensing efforts and have a number of recommendations based on our decades of experience and expertise in consumer and worker protection to create an effective and efficient licensing process for both businesses and for the city.
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Any new licensing authority needs to be achieve 3 goals to be successful.
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First, The licensing loss provisions should address the specific conduct in the industry committed by bad actors.
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2nd, the regulator, in this case, the Department of Consumer And Worker Protection, should have or be given the appropriate tools to deter that conduct.
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And third, the law should ensure that compliant businesses are not unnecessarily burdened.
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A necessary tape could ultimately impact our consumers workers, and the industry, detrimentally, which we as a city, will want to avoid.
