The City Council is debating a bill that would regulate the industrial laundry industry. He cleaned linens for the city’s top hotels, but on Thursday he aired the industry’s dirty laundry in stomach-churning testimony in front of the City Council.…
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New York Daily News: Ex-laundry worker dishes dirt on industry’s unsanitary methods to City Council
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City Council Weighs Bill to Clean Up Dirty Laundries Endangering Public Health
New York, NY— Amid growing concern over dirty laundry plants not properly cleaning linens for restaurants, hotels, and hospitals, the New York City Council Committee on Consumer Affairs today held a hearing on new legislation that would address this public…
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NBC 4: City Council: Some Laundry Plants Are Not Properly Cleaning Linens
A new report reveals a dirty discovery affecting millions of New Yorkers. The city council claims a number of laundry plants are not properly cleaning linens that are used in restaurants, hotels and even hospitals. Read more here.
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Telemundo 47: Lavanderías industriales tendrían muchos “trapos sucios”
Hay denuncias de irregularidades y hasta que en ocasiones no se lavan las cosas que se les envían. Esto podría poner en riesgo la salud de las personas. Read more here.
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WABC 7: City councilman calls for regulation of industrial laundries
Dirty laundry was being aired in New York City Thursday, as we learned dozens of cleaning facilities aren’t certified. A city councilman says everything from hotel sheets to restaurant napkins may not be reaching cleanliness standards. Read more here.
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News 12 The Bronx: Councilman proposes bill to regulate industrial laundry facilities
A report released by Councilman Ritchie Torres describes a dangerously dirty environment inside industrial laundry facilities in and around New York City. Read more here.
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El Diario: Le sacan los trapos sucios a las lavanderías industriales
La próxima vez que vaya a un restaurante y quiera limpiarse la boca con una servilleta de tela piénselo dos veces. Un reporte dado a conocer este jueves indica que las lavanderías industriales no lavan apropiadamente las prendas de tela…
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New York Daily News: EXCLUSIVE: Industrial laundries fail to meet sanitary standards
Most of the big industrial laundries washing linens for city hotels, hospitals and restaurants don’t adhere to standards for cleanliness and safety, a new report charges. Read more here.
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My Fox NY: Report: Dirty hotel, restaurant linens
This story may make you think twice the next time you pick up a cloth napkin at a restaurant or slip in between the hotel sheets. Read more here.
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Report: Alarming lack of cleanliness standards at industrial laundry plants handling linens that New York City restaurants, hotels, and hospitals use
Today, City Council Members, workers, and advocates unveiled a major new report showing that dirty, irresponsible laundry plants are not properly cleaning linens that local restaurants, hotels, and hospitals use. On the steps of City Hall, this diverse group of…
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