Or call Commissar Napolitano directly at 1-800-KGB.
Posted on 05/25/2011 8:40:21 AM PDT by PilotDave
If you plan on smoking in a New York City park today, bring an umbrella and $50. Showers are expected in the area, and today Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on smoking in public parks, beaches and elsewhere goes into effect. This new law casts a wide, anti-smoking blanket over much of outdoors New York City. It bans smoking in all New York City parks (except median strips), on all the city's beaches and boardwalks, its public golf courses, the grounds of its sports stadium complexes and pedestrian plazas such as those at Times Square and Herald Square. While the ban is dramatic, and carries a fine of $50, don't expect the police to come with sirens blazing if you fire up your Cohiba in Central Park. The city is expecting enforcement to be done by the people of New York. "We expect that New Yorkers will ask people to follow the law and stop smoking. This is how similar laws have worked in other places, including Chicago and Los Angeles. However, people who violate the new law could receive a $50 ticket," says the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website. "If someone refuses to stop smoking in a park, beach or other area where smoking is prohibited, New Yorkers are encouraged to inform a Parks Department employee or a Park Enforcement Officer if one is available. Otherwise, complaints can be made by calling 311."
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This makes cigar smoking on NYC golf courses illegal...
Ahh, the freedom of living in N.Y.C.
Don’t you just love the new Police State?
What’s next? Will the city require all adult citizens to buy Range Rovers?
So, now it’s a crime to use a legal product?
The mayor is a meathead. So’s the city council(meatheads).
They just played it diffeently...that's all. Legal....but you can't do it anywhere. Does that make any sense??
Same folks that think it's okay to kill unborn babies...but smoke???....oh my!!
Vee know vher yoo liff und vill coom und GET yoo ... YAH !!
Laughing out loud will be banned next by these control freaks, because someone who’s got the blues will feel left out and that will affect their self esteem.
They don’t want the rats to get sick.
I really hate Bloomberg.
Soon, you won’t be allowed to breathe here.
I was in NYC and was afraid to fart. That could offend the person's senses therefore ruining their day and [them]committing suicide. I would be a horrible person had I farted in public..
How about the city of meatheads that elected him three times?
They don’t want the rats to get sick.
Oh, you’re right. That new and improved healthcare will be kicking in soon - can’t be too healthy for that!/s
And the police will be busy handing out fines while the burglars are breaking into your home. Or, they’ll need more policemen and higher taxes to pay for it.
Yup. They’re all meatheads, too!
Next thing they do is outlaw cars; then everyone can bike to work or ride a horse through the Holland Tunnel to the big city.
Who cares? I for one would never set foot in NYC.
Who will be enforcing this law in the parks in Harlem???
Pro Libertate
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