I live in New York and it is still the greatest city in the world.
I don't care what left wing groups support it, my feelings are that the smoker's right to smoke ends at the tip of my noise.
Having the privilege to live in NY and take advantage of the great restaurants we have here on a regular basis makes life more enjoyable, and definitely healthier. Most people wouldn't go to restaurants as often ( NYers according to Zagat dine out 5-7 times a week) if they had to wheeze and choke from someone else's smoke. I have never met any NYer who objects. It is usually the heavy smoking French or other Euros that protest...PS they go anyway.
I was born and raised in NYC, (BTW, living there is not a privilege, it's a choice for many) .........I did the entire gamut starting from the monthly meetings I attended at the Museum of Natural History as a 7yo to having jobs on Wall Street, Park Avenue and in the Village while I was in college and still living in my parents' home in Brooklyn. The sheep meadow was where I played touch football for years and MSG was my favorite bowling alley.
You like the smoker ban and apparently so do the folks you generally associate with --- more power to you all. My friends are all telling me different stories, from all over the state, not just NYC.
The fact you are in favor of increased government control over private property and small business so you are catered to in your personal preferences says a great deal about you.
Yeah, but the ban is killing business at the local neighborhood gin mills. Bars should be allowed to at least purchase a smoking license if RINOs like Bloomingidiot and Patakifeller want to regulate smoking.