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Ritchie Torres: “Expecting applicants to have a preexisting policy is nonsensical because the hazard pay was itself an emergency response…”

On the recordJune 13, 2022
Expecting applicants to have a preexisting policy is nonsensical because the hazard pay was itself an emergency response to COVID.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Torres criticizes the requirement for preexisting policies for hazard pay as unreasonable.

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