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On Tuesday the New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene will hold a public hearing on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the sale in the city of sweetened beverages greater han 16 ounces. The ban would impact drinks containing sugar or any other “caloric sweetener,” which could include everything from a 20 ounce bottle of soda sold by a food truck or cart to a soda sweetened with high fructose corn syrup sold by a fast food restaurant to an iced tea sweetened with honey sold by a baseball-park vendor.
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Earlier this week a New York state judge put a lid on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s looming ban of certain subjectively large sizes of sweetened drinks like soda. Judge Milton Tingling's welcome decision, which came just h... Read Post

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to ban the sale of large, sugary drinks was heavily debated at a public hearing Tuesday at the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Long Island City, Queens. The mayor, while ... Read Post

On Thursday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a sweeping ban on the sale of "large" sweetened beverages in the city. Unfortunately, writes Baylen Linnekin, this is nothing new from Gotham’s busybody mayor. Whether it's... Read Post