Rowley calls on Combatting price gouging in NY
nationals to be
responsible
protect the rest of the population,” Young
said as the stranded pleaded for special
mercy flights to land.
As the debate rages in Trinidad about
stranded nationals, Prime Minister, Keith
Rowley might have put this issue to rest
noting that one of his daughters is stuck
in New York along with other close relatives.
These will get no special treatment.
“We have to be responsible. There is no
window of exemption because nobody is
going to be given a pass because of who
you are or where you come from or needs
to pull a string. We either have the borders
closed or we have it half open. And that is
why those exhortations to throw something
here for an exemption or to pass
some beer through a window, these are all
unnecessary,” he said.
To ease the imminent economic fallout
from reduced activity, the Barbados-based
umbrella Caribbean Development Bank
has begun an intense lobbying campaign
for governments to provide tax relief to
the private sector or the bloc could face
even more serious doom.
“One way in which governments can
support the private sector is through
temporary tax breaks and wage tax relief
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as automatic stabilizers, affording them
greater access to foreign exchange, financial
intermediaries providing relief for forbearance
to borrowers to ease the liability
crunch,” said bank chief, Dr. Warren
Smith.
“Support provided to the economy
at this time must be carefully balanced
against the demand and supply of foreign
exchange reserves, since most regional
economies have high marginal propensities
to consume imports from every dollar
that is spent,” said Smith.
In Jamaica, meanwhile, the number
of cases has reached 25. Anticipating the
shedding of tears and gnashing of teeth
from the business community, Minister
of Finance, Nigel Clarke said government
was willing and able to step in should the
situation worsen.
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er, and how much, prices for highdemand
items were inflated locally;
proposed policy and legislative solutions;
and offers resources for checking
product prices and availability, and
on how to report price gouging to City
and State officials.
In response to price gouging, both
publicly reported and observed by representatives
of his office, Williams
called on the Attorney General and
Department of Consumer and Worker
Protection (DCWP) to impose a threestrike
penalty on gouging.
The first offense leads to a lower
fine, the second a maximum and the
third triggers the revoking of the merchant’s
permits.
Williams further implored the Attorney
General and the DCWP to take
action against distributors engaged in
the practice who then pass the cost to
retailers and, subsequently, consumers
.W
ithin New York City, he called
for the passage of legislation aimed
at combating price gouging on essential
items during the current and any
future states of emergency, including a
tripling of fines, and reporting on price
gouging complaints through 311 and
Department of Consumer and Worker
Protection enforcement actions.
“Price gouging is illegal and unethical.
It puts personal greed over public
good. And in the midst of this crisis,
we have seen it around our city - bad
actors taking advantage of New Yorkers
in need,” Williams said.
“It’s clear that further action is
needed to stop suppliers and retailers
alike from this egregious profiteering
against the health and safety of our
neighbors,” he added. “So, my office
is calling for increased enforcement
and penalties on a city and state level,
and mandated reporting to show New
Yorkers that we are hearing their concerns
and taking serious, direct action
to protect against these unscrupulous
tactics.”
The Public Advocate further underscored
available resources for New
Yorkers who have witnessed or experienced
price gouging firsthand, including
contacting the Office of the Public
Advocate directly in addition to reporting
incidents to the Attorney General,
the Department of Consumer and
Worker Protection, and 311.
“Last weekend, the Public Advocate
and I went out to a grocery store in
East Williamsburg that had been the
subject of price-gouging complaints
from Brooklynites,” Adams said. “We
made it very clear to the manager and
the public that price-gouging for basic
necessities like hand sanitizer and
cleaning supplies would not be tolerated
under any circumstances, and
especially amid the public health crisis
we are now facing.
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Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister
Keith Rowley.
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