Homework - Everyone Should Get Sick Days

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Story:

New York City - The City Council introduced a law on Tuesday that would make all employers in NYC  give paid sick days to their workers.

Public officials from the White House on down have encouraged those with flu symptoms to stay home. But what happens if you don’t get paid sick days and cannot afford not to go to work?

"Think about going to breakfast in the morning, and ordering a bagel, and getting a side dish of H1N1(swine flu), because the person who served it was not feeling well," said Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

The City Council held a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would require all employers in the city to provide up to nine paid sick days.

On one side, the local business owners  say that they can not afford to pay for sick days. They say this would  force them to cut salaries and benefits, lay off workers or relocate altogether.

"Pile on another expense to us, you’re gonna put people out of business. You’re gonna encourage people to move their business out of New York City. I’m a mile from New Jersey. It’s a hop over the bridge. And it’s very tempting," said Tom Scarangello of Scaran Heating & Air Conditioning Owner.

On the other side of the issue is a bunch of people like labor groups and elected officials. They say almost half of the city’s workforce has no paid sick days. 

Mayor Bloomberg said "Everybody would love to be able to have paid sick leave, and at the same time, it’s true that a lot of small businesses probably can’t afford it, and so we’ve got to find some ways of balancing those two things." 

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What did the city council want to give all NYC workers?

4) What did the business owners say about the law?

5) What did the Mayor think about the law?

6) How many sick days would the new law provide?

Info and video taken from NY1