License to Wash Cars

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 24, 2014

The car wash industry has come under fire for its labor practices in the past and now the city council is looking at requiring greater regulation of the business. Julissa Ferreras, council member representing Queens district 21 (Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights), Finance Committee Chair, and one of the bill's sponsors talks about what this would mean for car wash owners and their workers.

 

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