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WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. December 21, 2020:

EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED PROHIBITING PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS FROM GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE DUE TO COVID-19 IN GREENBURGH

 I, Paul J. Feiner, Town Supervisor of the Town of Greenburgh, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, in order to protect residents in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, hereby issue the following Local Emergency Order No 1.5  pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New York and Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, specifying that :

1.  Pursuant to Section 24(1)(b),  Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers as defined in Chapter 390 of the Code of the Town Of Greenburgh, are prohibited from going from house to house or place of business to place of business or any combination thereof for the purpose of peddling, canvassing or soliciting as defined under such chapter during this Town of Greenburgh Declaration of Disaster Emergency, declared on March 17, 2020.

WHEREAS, as of December 9, 2020, in excess of 55,796 residents of Westchester County, including nearly 1,861 residents of the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, have contracted the Covid-19 virus and 1,539 Westchester County residents suffered Covid-19 virus related deaths; and three nearby Westchester communities remain in colored zones of concern with positive Covid-19 rates well in excess of 5%.

WHEREAS, door to door peddlers, solicitors and canvassers, may put residents of the unincorporated Town of Greenburgh at a greater risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus by traveling door to door to resident’s homes and such residents are more focused on protecting the safety of their families during this public health emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul J. Feiner, Town Supervisor of the Town of Greenburgh, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, in order to protect residents in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, hereby issue the following Local Emergency Order No 1.5  pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New York and Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, specifying that :

1.  Pursuant to Section 24(1)(b),  Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers as defined in Chapter 390 of the Code of the Town Of Greenburgh, are prohibited from going from house to house or place of business to place of business or any combination thereof for the purpose of peddling, canvassing or soliciting as defined under such chapter during this Town of Greenburgh Declaration of Disaster Emergency, declared on March 17, 2020.

1. This Local Emergency Order shall become effective 6:00 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.

1. This Local Emergency Order No. 1.5 shall remain in effect for a period of five (5) days, and automatically renew until the Declared State of Emergency relating to the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak has ceased, or earlier upon a declaration by me, as Town Supervisor, that the State of Emergency no longer exists in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh.

Issued:  December 21, 2020

       12:00 p.m.

WPCNR LABOR LAW JOURNAL. From the Service Employees International Union 32BJ. December 21, 2020:

Westchester County Legislators Damon Maher, David Tubiolo, Nancy Barr, Ruth Walter, and MaryJane Shimsky joined with union representatives and City Center Mall cleaners to deliver a petition signed by the mall’s 14 workers, asking mall managers Kite Realty Group to help them retain their jobs.

On Thursday last week, this successful, nationwide realty company posted a notice announcing that, on January 1, 2021, the unionized company that cleans the mall will be replaced with a non-union contractor, Gladiator Building Services.

 Despite the clear language of Westchester County’s Displaced Worker law, Gladiator has yet to provide a written job offer to the cleaners.

In an initial conversation with 32BJ SEIU, a Gladiator representative said the new contractor was planning to reduce the staffing from the current 14 cleaners to six cleaners.

The Gladiator representative would not state whether his company would honor the terms of the current union contract in effect at the mall. 

“Just as Christmas approaches, this hardworking, longstanding group of cleaners is suddenly facing the loss of their jobs in the midst of the worst health and economic crisis of our lifetimes,” said Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ and head of the union in the Hudson Valley.

“Kite Realty is a successful company that can well afford to hire a contractor that would retain the current workforce at their modest wages of $14.50 an hour come the New Year. These workers are now petitioning the mall owners to require the new cleaning company to retain the current workforce at industry standards. Anything less would undercut the high level of cleaning and disinfecting that shoppers and mall workers deserve.”