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Ritchie Torres: “The justification was adequately documented. It was COVID-19.”

On the recordJune 13, 2022
The justification was adequately documented. It was COVID-19.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Torres asserts that the need for hazard pay during COVID was well justified.

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