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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse advocates for supporting small businesses in ADA compliance
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse emphasizes the importance of supporting small businesses in complying with accessibility laws, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She highlights the challenges faced by small business owners in understanding and meeting legal requirements, and advocates for the expansion of the city's legal assistance program to cover accessibility compliance.
- Narcisse mentions Intro 1260, which aims to expand the city's legal assistance program to cover accessibility compliance for small businesses.
- She stresses that this support would help businesses avoid costly lawsuits and better serve all New Yorkers, including those with disabilities.
- Narcisse emphasizes that small businesses are the backbone of the community and the city at large.
Mercedes Narcisse
0:10:38
Good morning I mean, good afternoon.
0:10:41
And thank you chairs for allowing me to speak here and of course the administration that's here to listen and see how we can cooperate and collaborate to make New York City small businesses life easier or each and every store that we see, each storefront in New York City bring that kind of zest to the city that why people want to visit our city.
0:11:05
So we have to keep in count that a lot of small businesses, it's very, very hard to survive especially after this post height of this pandemic.
0:11:16
We still have COVID going around but not as much, thank God for that.
0:11:20
So I want to say thank you to all of you that willing to listen to see how we're gonna make it happen.
0:11:25
We all agree that accessibility is essential but for many small businesses owners, especially those without legal teams, understanding and complying with the law can be really overwhelming especially small tiny businesses.
0:11:43
NCHO twelve sixty expands on the city's legal assistance program to cover accessibility compliance giving small businesses the support they need to meet the law before they are put at a costly lawsuits.
0:12:01
It is the practical steps that helps our businesses avoid penalties, protect their livelihoods because we know investment and it will better serve all New Yorkers including people with disabilities.
0:12:19
I respectfully ask for your support and how we're gonna make that happen for the small businesses.
0:12:26
As we always said, small businesses are the backbone of our community and the city at large.
0:12:32
So thank you, chairs.