By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
TRIBECA — The Amish Market in TriBeCa filed for bankruptcy this week, the store's lawyer said Wednesday.
The Chapter 11 filing, first reported by Crain's New York Business, came just over a year after Council Speaker Christine Quinn called for a boycott of the store because of its labor practices.
Stephen Kass, lawyer for the Amish Market, said the bankruptcy was related to tax issues, not a boycott or a decline in sales. The Park Place store would continue to operate normally, Kass said.
In January 2010, Quinn led a rally of about 100 people outside the store, accusing the owners of punishing workers who tried to unionize. The Amish Market previously had to repay $1.5 million in illegally withheld overtime pay to workers in nine of its locations, including TriBeCa.
The bankruptcy filing only affected the TriBeCa location, not the store's other outposts, Kass said.
The TriBeCa Amish Market has $500,000 in assets and owes creditors between $1 million and $10 million, Crain's reported.
Quinn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
