And then also, as was being said earlier, to ensuring that we are fully following through with the protections that New Yorkers already have, but are seldom actually utilized. We are speaking about laws being broken in this country and in this city, and yet so many corporations do so because they know they will never be held Accountable. When we think about wage theft in this city, it is something that is rarely treated with the kind of seriousness of other levels of crime. (35:48–35:57)
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Asserts that many corporations break laws without being held accountable.
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