The Bloomberg administration is moving closer to shutting one of the largest and busiest nightclubs in the city, as part of an aggressive new strategy to revoke the operating licenses of clubs that health officials believe promote smoking. The nightclub, the M2 UltraLounge on West 28th Street in Manhattan, went on trial last week at a special administrative court that the city uses when it seeks to take away property. If the case against the club succeeds, it would be the first time the city had closed a business solely for flouting a ban on smoking. ... read more >>
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City Tries to Shut Club It Says Flouts Smoking Ban
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Fake body discovered as part of funeral union asbestos abatement protest
Friday, March 5th, 2010
A ghoulish union protest in lower Manhattan has gone from bad to corpse. Some local residents were already upset that a coffin was being used as a prop to rally against a nonunion asbestos abatement firm at 176 Broadway in lower Manhattan. Then they noticed a macabre addition: a fake body inside. “I’m disgusted by it,” said a woman who lives in the building and gave her name as Cathy. “The mannequin is taking it way too far.” ... read more >>
A ghoulish union protest in lower Manhattan has gone from bad to corpse. Some local residents were already upset that a coffin was being used as a prop to rally against a nonunion asbestos abatement firm at 176 Broadway in lower Manhattan. Then they noticed a macabre addition: a fake body inside. “I’m disgusted by it,” said a woman who lives in the building and gave her name as Cathy. “The mannequin is taking it way too far.” ... read more >>
Pasadena to explore possibility of citywide smoking ban
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
City council members will consider next month the possibility of an outright ban on smoking in city limits. On Monday, the council’s Public Safety Committee discussed a long-proposed ban on smoking in apartment buildings, and Councilman Steve Haderlein asked the staff to find out whether the city has the legal authority to put a full smoking ban into place. Pasadena passed a ban on outdoor smoking in most public areas in 2008, and at the time pledged to consider the apartment restrictions within the next year. ... read more >>
City council members will consider next month the possibility of an outright ban on smoking in city limits. On Monday, the council’s Public Safety Committee discussed a long-proposed ban on smoking in apartment buildings, and Councilman Steve Haderlein asked the staff to find out whether the city has the legal authority to put a full smoking ban into place. Pasadena passed a ban on outdoor smoking in most public areas in 2008, and at the time pledged to consider the apartment restrictions within the next year. ... read more >>
FDA panel to target menthol cigarettes
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
A U.S. scientific panel this month will weigh the controversial role of popular menthol flavoring in cigarettes in the first public meeting on tobacco products since a new law granted regulators power over the industry last year. Over two days, the Food and Drug Administration’s panel of outside experts will look at the health impact of the mint-like additive on smoker’s use as well as addiction and health, with another meeting set later this year, the FDA said on Monday. ... read more >>
A U.S. scientific panel this month will weigh the controversial role of popular menthol flavoring in cigarettes in the first public meeting on tobacco products since a new law granted regulators power over the industry last year. Over two days, the Food and Drug Administration’s panel of outside experts will look at the health impact of the mint-like additive on smoker’s use as well as addiction and health, with another meeting set later this year, the FDA said on Monday. ... read more >>
What do we want from the BBC?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
There have been a lot of big mistakes at the BBC recently, leading to jitteriness and a lack of confidence. But it remains supremely powerful. Is it moving in the right direction? And what does its future hold? Twenty-four years ago, the respected media correspondent Michael Leapman published a book called The Last Days of the Beeb. Leapman had contributed to BBC shows for years and knew its internal culture well. By 1986, he found “an institution in disarray”. ... read more >>
There have been a lot of big mistakes at the BBC recently, leading to jitteriness and a lack of confidence. But it remains supremely powerful. Is it moving in the right direction? And what does its future hold? Twenty-four years ago, the respected media correspondent Michael Leapman published a book called The Last Days of the Beeb. Leapman had contributed to BBC shows for years and knew its internal culture well. By 1986, he found “an institution in disarray”. ... read more >>
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is acting like a turkey by taking fun out of parades
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Ray Kelly may be an anti-crime god, but his new parade edict shows even deities make mistakes. Our top cop has cut violent crime to rates not seen in 40 years, made New York America’s safest big city and done it with 7,000 fewer officers since 2001. At 68, the commish is still hunky in that SWAT team turtleneck, but a fun guy he’s not. ... read more >>
Ray Kelly may be an anti-crime god, but his new parade edict shows even deities make mistakes. Our top cop has cut violent crime to rates not seen in 40 years, made New York America’s safest big city and done it with 7,000 fewer officers since 2001. At 68, the commish is still hunky in that SWAT team turtleneck, but a fun guy he’s not. ... read more >>
No More Light Cigarettes
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law — but to shade the truth, critics say. Come June, under the new federal tobacco law, cigarette companies will no longer be allowed to use words like “light” or “mild” on packages to imply that some cigarettes are safer than others. ... read more >>
When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law — but to shade the truth, critics say. Come June, under the new federal tobacco law, cigarette companies will no longer be allowed to use words like “light” or “mild” on packages to imply that some cigarettes are safer than others. ... read more >>
Biker investigation leads to litigation
Friday, February 12th, 2010
A federal agent who went undercover to investigate the Hells Angels is involved in cross-litigation with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. After a federal judge refused last month to dismiss Jay Dobyns’ suit, the agency filed a countersuit, The Arizona Republic reported Thursday. While he says the agency failed to protect him after the Hells Angels threatened his life, the agency says he published an unauthorized book, “No Angel: My ... read more >>
A federal agent who went undercover to investigate the Hells Angels is involved in cross-litigation with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. After a federal judge refused last month to dismiss Jay Dobyns’ suit, the agency filed a countersuit, The Arizona Republic reported Thursday. While he says the agency failed to protect him after the Hells Angels threatened his life, the agency says he published an unauthorized book, “No Angel: My ... read more >>
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