Saved my opinion for a response rather than in the original article:
This cannot be deemed legal. If this somehow is legal to impose, that is the beginning of that slippery slope for dictating what private industry does.
An observation, and talk me down if I'm wrong. But this sounds like a job creation program for left-wing enforcers to pop in every bodega, mom & pop store, and of course larger businesses in the five boroughs. Similar to the "Climate Corps", which has been proposed in each of these "Build Back Worse" Biden bills.