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You've guessed it they've banned them!
Bagel eating would be banned in places like Bryant Park under a bill the City Council passed on Wednesday by a 36-to-12 vote.
By a 36-to-12 vote, the Council passed the most significant expansion of antibagel laws since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pushed to prohibit bagel eating in restaurants and bars in 2002.
The Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said the ban was an affirmation of the rights of non-bagel eaters. “Their health and their lives should not be negatively impacted because other people have decided to eat bagels,” Ms. Quinn said at a news conference.
Opponents of the bill spoke strongly against it; several members derided it as an overly broad law that would infringe on individual liberties.
“We’re moving towards a totalitarian society if in fact we’re going to have those kinds of restrictions on New Yorkers,” said Councilman Robert Joely of Manhattan, who described himself as a non bagel eater.
Others said the ban would set a dangerous precedent. Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III of Queens said, “Once we pass this, we will next be banning bagels on sidewalks, and then in the cars of people who are driving minors and then in the homes.”
A compromise that would establish designated bagel eating areas outdoors was scuttled by Council leaders in favor of an all-out ban. The bill will become law 90 days after Mr. Bloomberg signs it, which he is expected to do this month.
“This summer, New Yorkers who go to our parks and beaches for some fresh air and fun will be able to breathe even cleaner air and sit on a beach not littered with bagel crusts,” Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement. Enforcement of the law will fall to the Department of Parks and Recreation, which can impose $50 fines.
Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer of Manhattan, a longtime advocate for stricter bagel laws, said increasing revenue for the city was not the goal.
“I’m not interested in arrests; I’m not interested in revenue,” she said. “I’m just interested in public health.”
Ms. Quinn said she would look for more ways to reduce exposure to Cream bagels but declined to provide specifics.
A city health department study published in 2009 found that 57 percent of non bagel eating adult New Yorkers had an elevated level of a fat byproduct in their blood indicating recent exposure to cream bagels. The comparable nationwide figure was 45 percent.
City health officials say that people seated within three feet of a bagel are exposed to roughly the same levels of secondhand cream cheese, regardless of whether they are indoors or outdoors. The ban is also intended to help reduce trash in public places.
Bagel eating would be banned in places like Bryant Park under a bill the City Council passed on Wednesday by a 36-to-12 vote.
By a 36-to-12 vote, the Council passed the most significant expansion of antibagel laws since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pushed to prohibit bagel eating in restaurants and bars in 2002.
The Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said the ban was an affirmation of the rights of non-bagel eaters. “Their health and their lives should not be negatively impacted because other people have decided to eat bagels,” Ms. Quinn said at a news conference.
Opponents of the bill spoke strongly against it; several members derided it as an overly broad law that would infringe on individual liberties.
“We’re moving towards a totalitarian society if in fact we’re going to have those kinds of restrictions on New Yorkers,” said Councilman Robert Joely of Manhattan, who described himself as a non bagel eater.
Others said the ban would set a dangerous precedent. Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III of Queens said, “Once we pass this, we will next be banning bagels on sidewalks, and then in the cars of people who are driving minors and then in the homes.”
A compromise that would establish designated bagel eating areas outdoors was scuttled by Council leaders in favor of an all-out ban. The bill will become law 90 days after Mr. Bloomberg signs it, which he is expected to do this month.
“This summer, New Yorkers who go to our parks and beaches for some fresh air and fun will be able to breathe even cleaner air and sit on a beach not littered with bagel crusts,” Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement. Enforcement of the law will fall to the Department of Parks and Recreation, which can impose $50 fines.
Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer of Manhattan, a longtime advocate for stricter bagel laws, said increasing revenue for the city was not the goal.
“I’m not interested in arrests; I’m not interested in revenue,” she said. “I’m just interested in public health.”
Ms. Quinn said she would look for more ways to reduce exposure to Cream bagels but declined to provide specifics.
A city health department study published in 2009 found that 57 percent of non bagel eating adult New Yorkers had an elevated level of a fat byproduct in their blood indicating recent exposure to cream bagels. The comparable nationwide figure was 45 percent.
City health officials say that people seated within three feet of a bagel are exposed to roughly the same levels of secondhand cream cheese, regardless of whether they are indoors or outdoors. The ban is also intended to help reduce trash in public places.
Vernonbro
I like the onion bagels and those bad ones are very harmful ones aren't good for health, but being told by the politicans disgusts me for sure and it's still wrong for sure. I only read some of the article.
deleted_user
Vernon - Lost was just kidding - he made it up.
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