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http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=64817
New York will become the first city in the nation to enact such a ban.
The board also passed a measure requiring restaurants to post calorie contents on their menus.
The board also voted unanimously to allow dogs to run without leashes at certain parks between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. The proposal had been put out for public comment after some residents complained it was dangerous to have dogs running around in public places. But officials say out of 15,000 comments, only 2,000 were in opposition.
Another measure that would have allowed transgender people to amend their birth certificates without having undergone surgery was voted down.
The board unanimously backed up the current policy that requires proof of sex reassignment surgery.
Transgender advocates say tens of thousands of New Yorkers face severe and pervasive discrimination as a result of their inability to obtain identification matching the gender in which they live.
They say simple things like entering buildings can be difficult because their ID's don't match their looks, and that many cannot afford the expensive surgical procedures needed. Advocates are vowing to continue their fight to change the policy.
Man.. NY sucks. This will put most of your Mom and Pop business out of business. The testing performed to determine calorie content is pretty expensive. You will have to submit each menu item for testing.
NY is finished.