Posted on 11/04/2015 9:32:35 AM PST by John Semmens
A new ordinance sponsored by New York City Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Queens) would bar tenants of government-subsidized housing from smoking in their apartments. The rule would apply to an estimated 178,000 units controlled by the City's Housing Authority.
Richards maintained that "as hard as it may be on some of the tenants, the measure is for their own good. The fact that a person lives in subsidized housing is a pretty good indication of a basic lack of competence to make good decisions," he said. "Inability to support yourself imposes this burden on someone else. Whenever that someone else is the government we have the right and the duty to impose better choices on these people. Discouraging them from smoking is one of those better choices."
The Councilman hastened to point out that "New York isn't the only city to take such a step. Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Diego have similar prohibitions. Looking out for the welfare of the people isn't simply a matter of giving them what they want. Sometimes we have to determine what they need and don't need. Cigarettes are something they don't need. It is our job to try to prevent them from indulging in this pernicious vice."
In related news, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Harlem) called for President Obama to bypass Congress and seize the funds needed to save Puerto Rico from bankruptcy. "That Congress would balk at spending money we don’t have for the great humanitarian purpose of rescuing Puerto Rico from the consequences of spending money they didn’t have is the height of hypocrisy," she charged. "President Obama needs to rise above the limitations of law and do the right thing."
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No smoking what? Tobacco. SO marywanna is fine or HEH shooting up is smokeless.
If they ban “smoking”, is it only tobacco or marijuana too?
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