An ordinance which would require licenses of all kosher butchers and owners of kosher delicatessen stores will be proposed at the next meeting of the New York City Board of Aldermen at the suggestion of Public Markets Commissioner Thomas F. Dwyer.
Commissioner Dwyer, whose department is now being investigated as a result of graft charges brought by Jewish butchers against some of his supervisors, believes that such licenses would serve as a means of better regulating the relations between the Department of Public Markets and the kosher butchers and delicatessen owners of New York City.
The proposed ordinance would require the payment of a license fee by each of the 9,000 kosher butcher shops and delicatessen stores of New York City. The license of any one of these places would be withdrawn in case it was found that it sells non-kosher products for kosher. Under the present system the Markets Department must summon to court any one who violates the kosher law.
Commissioner Dwyer is certain that many Orthodox Jews will support his proposal, although he also expects that it will arouse strong opposition.
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