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Council Member Feliz introduces Intro 1132 on small business violation reporting
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Council Member Oswald Feliz introduces Intro 1132, a bill requiring SBS to analyze and report on violations issued to small businesses in each community district. The bill aims to provide data on fines and legal issues affecting small businesses to better understand their specific challenges and craft targeted solutions.
- The bill requires reporting on the 5 most common violations in each community district
- It mandates SBS to conduct training and education to help businesses comply with regulations
- Feliz emphasizes the importance of understanding different challenges in various commercial corridors
Oswald Feliz
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So today, we're hearing numerous bills, including my bill, which will require that SBS analyze and report on the different violations issued to small businesses.
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Specifically, SBS wants to report on the 5 most common violations in each community district and shall conduct training, education, and other systems to help them comply with the specific challenges affecting, these businesses.
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This law, by giving us data related to fines and legal issues affecting these small businesses, will give us a good picture of the specific challenges that they're facing.
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It's a great way of ensuring that our solutions are specifically related to their issues.
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Every commercial corridor, of course, has different challenges.
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A commercial corridor with, high foot traffic might have the sanitation related issues, littering, and etcetera.
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Areas with high vacancy rates might have quality of life issues.
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Areas with, large amounts of nightlife establishments might have, issues related to, for example, noise complaints.
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And it's important that we understand their issues so that, again, we can craft the right solutions.
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There are numerous laws, in effect, that somewhat touch on these different issues, including local law 1 156 of 2019, which requires that SBS conduct training and education on, different issues, including compliance.
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So I guess that we could start with, questions about that local law, Local Law 156.
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So what are the different types of training and education programs that Local Law 156 offers?
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And how many people generally participate in these programs?