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LIC fur business rails
against proposed ban
BY MARK HALLUM
A Long Island Citybased
fur manufacturer
is looking to Councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer to
represent their interests
as City Hall mulls the
pros and cons of a ban on
fur products.
Although Council
Speaker Corey Johnson
has retreated on the issue,
opting to pause any action
against the industry,
Stallion employees have
each signed a letter asking
Van Bramer to consider
their economic needs and
contributions before taking
firm stance against fur.
Koullis Pilias of Stallion
wrote a letter signed onto
by 40 of the company’s
90 employees claiming
that Van Bramer refused
a meeting with them
regarding the ban.
“Council Member
Van Bramer has refused
to meet with his own
constituents who would
be put out of business
if the fur ban goes into
effect – so today we came
to him,” Pilias said. “The
proposal to ban fur and
erase a historic industry
along with more than 7,000
jobs is outrageous as it is,
but for Mr. Van Bramer
to ignore people in his
own district adds insult
to injury. I sincerely hope
that he takes the time to
hear our stories and gain
a greater understanding
of the fur industry. He’s
invited to stop by our shop
at any time.”
A Van Bramer
spokesman told QNS
that the accusation that
the councilman would
not meet with Stallion
representatives is not
true. The group arrived
unexpectedly when Van
Bramer was not in his
office, the spokesman said,
expressing willingness to
schedule an appointment.
Legislation against the
sale of fur in the city was
introduced in City Council
in March by Johnson
himself who in late May
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backtracked claiming
he had underestimated
support for the trade.
Johnson returned to
the drawing board on
the law telling reporters
on May 29 he had put his
heart into the bill which
received pushback he did
not expect.
“We are happy to hear
that Speaker Johnson is
rethinking his decision to
erase an entire industry,
7500 jobs and hundreds
of millions of dollars in
taxable revenue,” said Fur
NYC spokesman Tim Grant.
“The City Council has
many important issues to
solve, and infringing upon
our personal, religious,
and cultural rights are not
among them.”
Johnson may be
working in a phase-in
period of three years to
allow workers time to adapt
before a full stop comes
making and selling fur in
city limits. The speaker’s
district covers parts of the
garment industry.
“We have received
feedback about the proposed
legislation to ban the sale
of fur in NYC from people
on both sides of the issue.
I am listening to everyone
who has reached out to my
office and appreciate their
voices in the process. I will
continue to study the issue
and consider all feedback,”
Van Bramer said in
response to the letter
from Stallion.
Mayor Bill de Blasio
said he would air on the
side of caution in signing
any bill making its way
to his desk, and was not
confident of this particular
piece of legislation, while
on the Brian Lehrer Show
on May 24.
“I believe we need to
get away from fur. And the
only question I have is how
we do it and what kind of
phase in as appropriate,”
de Blasio said. “Look,
there are people in the
Garment District with
jobs in this area. We need
to be sensitive to that.
We – you know, people’s
employment is very, very
important. Companies, you
know, including smaller
companies in the city,
we want to be respectful
of that.”
Stallion claims $25
million in annual sales, the
ban could also put workers
on the street who have
skills that do not translate
into other sectors of the
fashion industry.
Stallion also owed about
$8 million to the city’s
Revenue Refunding Bonds
that would be defaulted
on if the company were
to shutter.
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