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Nearly four weeks since Sandy savaged New York (among others) and tens of thousands are still without heat power water food housing.
So volunteers want to help.
Their thanks?
Being cited for a violation for not maintaining "restaurant standards" in a food tent set up to feed victims and first responders.
Really?
REALLY?!?
This is the best they can do?
These guys seem to be doing more than the local state and federal governments (hey, I didn't vote for these guys) and their response is to slap them on the wrist?
How about lending a little support instead?
Fucking morons.
Fox:
NYC sends health teams to post-Sandy food handouts, rubbing some wrong way
The New York City Department of Health has been dispatching workers to storm-ravaged areas across the five boroughs as part of an outreach to ensure that volunteers are informed on proper food-handling and other safety issues.
But the presence of health officials has caused some confusion as to where the city is drawing the line between advisement and enforcement.
Bobby Eustace, an 11-year veteran with the city's fire department tells FoxNews.com that on Sunday he and his fellow firefighters from Ladder 27 in the Bronx were issued a notice of violation for not maintaining restaurant standards in a tent set up in Breezy Point, Queens, to feed victims and first responders.
“It’s just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, ‘We have helmets. This is a disaster area,’” Eustace told FoxNews.com. “Then he asked is we had gloves and thermometers [for food]. I said, “Yeah, we have rectal and oral. Which one do you want?’ He wasn’t amused.”
Eustace says that the Health Department worker then checked off a list of violations at the relief tent, including not having an HVAC system and fire extinguisher.
“He told us that he might come back to see if we fixed the violations. But what can we do? We are just going to keep going until a professional catering company can help take over,” Eustace said, adding that firefighters across the city together have been contributing about $800 a day out of their own pockets to feeding victims in areas hit hard by Sandy.
But a spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Health tells FoxNews.com that workers were not sent to issue violations. Rather, it was more of an outreach to inform volunteers on the proper way to handle food.
“We went out just to give recommendations. We were only at these locations in an advisory role,” the spokeswoman said.
Apparently, that wasn't the message Eustace received.
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Nearly four weeks since Sandy savaged New York (among others) and tens of thousands are still without heat power water food housing.
So volunteers want to help.
Their thanks?
Being cited for a violation for not maintaining "restaurant standards" in a food tent set up to feed victims and first responders.
Really?
REALLY?!?
This is the best they can do?
These guys seem to be doing more than the local state and federal governments (hey, I didn't vote for these guys) and their response is to slap them on the wrist?
How about lending a little support instead?
Fucking morons.
Fox:
NYC sends health teams to post-Sandy food handouts, rubbing some wrong way
The New York City Department of Health has been dispatching workers to storm-ravaged areas across the five boroughs as part of an outreach to ensure that volunteers are informed on proper food-handling and other safety issues.
But the presence of health officials has caused some confusion as to where the city is drawing the line between advisement and enforcement.
Bobby Eustace, an 11-year veteran with the city's fire department tells FoxNews.com that on Sunday he and his fellow firefighters from Ladder 27 in the Bronx were issued a notice of violation for not maintaining restaurant standards in a tent set up in Breezy Point, Queens, to feed victims and first responders.
“It’s just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, ‘We have helmets. This is a disaster area,’” Eustace told FoxNews.com. “Then he asked is we had gloves and thermometers [for food]. I said, “Yeah, we have rectal and oral. Which one do you want?’ He wasn’t amused.”
Eustace says that the Health Department worker then checked off a list of violations at the relief tent, including not having an HVAC system and fire extinguisher.
“He told us that he might come back to see if we fixed the violations. But what can we do? We are just going to keep going until a professional catering company can help take over,” Eustace said, adding that firefighters across the city together have been contributing about $800 a day out of their own pockets to feeding victims in areas hit hard by Sandy.
But a spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Health tells FoxNews.com that workers were not sent to issue violations. Rather, it was more of an outreach to inform volunteers on the proper way to handle food.
“We went out just to give recommendations. We were only at these locations in an advisory role,” the spokeswoman said.
Apparently, that wasn't the message Eustace received.
“
- Obama Administration To Cut Food Stamps
FOX 13 Now reported: States across the country are being told to stop the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the month of November, pending further notice. That’s according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fox...
- Michael The Compassionate
You know, if I ever win the lottery I'll open a soup kitchen for the homeless and make sure it runs without any government funding or help. Fuck 'em. I've seen some of the hungry around my town and they don't care where their next meal...
-
While the American Fed bails out Europe (oh yes, most of this will fall on us) American Folks cannot afford Christmas groceries. CBS Miami: Long Lines For Free Holiday Food Vouchers LITTLE HAVANA (CBS4) – Hundreds of South Floridians lined up in Little...
-
OMG ! 9/11 First Responders Not Invited To 10th Anniversary Ceremony At Ground Zero From Will at The Other News: (Matzav).First responders will not be invited to this year’s 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero. That’s the word from city officials who...
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