Tag: Soda Ban
Despite former Mayor Bloomberg’s failure to ban all sodas larger than 16 ounces, the War on Sugary Drinks continues in New York. Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, a Bronx Democrat, is insisting that the drinks carry health warning labels similar to a pack of cigarettes. In defense of the bill, Dinowitz stated, “The legislation is educational. It […]
Today, New York state’s highest court refused to reinstate the city’s limits on the sale of big sodas, losing its final appeal. The Bloomberg initiative with the Board of Health had “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority,” the court ruled. In a 4-to-2 vote, the judges upheld the previous ruling against the ban by two lower courts. The […]
Mayor Bloomberg’s soda ban is currently kaput, which is nice, but some eateries in the city are still (justifiably) pissed. Restaurants like Schnipper’s bought all these small beverage cups to comply with the dumb regulations, but those dumb regulations never happened. So now, there are 100,000 cups Schnipper’s can’t return or use, because they provide […]
Mayor Bloomberg probably has a sadface right now. New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling ruled today that the soda ban planned to start Tuesday will be on hold and ignored. Tingling called the ban “fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences.” Furthermore, Tingling wrote: The simple reading of the rule leads to the earlier acknowledged […]
