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Workers, medical students and council staff press board on app-worker protections and menu-labeling bills
Summary
Public commenters urged Community Board 11 to support protections for app-based delivery workers and to back extended sodium and sugar warning labels citywide; board members said individual support is possible but the board generally does not take formal legislative positions on city bills.
Two public commenters used the board’s gallery time on Nov. 20 to press for changes that speakers said would affect health and safety in the district.
Peter Gay, introduced himself as a community resident, health-care worker and Amazon Flex driver and urged support for bill "1332-252025," which he described as providing "fair and transparent protections for app based, delivery workers." "When apps pressure workers to rush, avoid deactivation, it directly affects safety on Pelham Parkway,…
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