{"id":7295,"date":"2011-02-23T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/nyc-smoking-ban-in-parks-pedestrian-plazas-signed-into-law\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T12:09:00","slug":"nyc-smoking-ban-in-parks-pedestrian-plazas-signed-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/nyc-smoking-ban-in-parks-pedestrian-plazas-signed-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Smoking Ban in Parks, Pedestrian Plazas Signed into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/2\/Times_Square_Smoking_Ban.jpg\" alt=\"The wide-reaching ban will prohibit smoking in Times Square  (Image: Wikimedia)\" title=\"The wide-reaching ban will prohibit smoking in Times Square  (Image: Wikimedia)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>The wide-reaching ban will prohibit smoking in Times Square <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law Tuesday a measure that prohibits smoking in many outdoor areas in the city.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBeginning May 23, smoking in New York City&rsquo;s parks and pedestrian plazas will be illegal and violators will be subject to a $50 fine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ban covers Central Park, Times Square, and many other popular tourist areas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe new rule will be enforced by the New York City Parks Department who said they will offer one warning before issuing a ticket.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNot everyone is pleased with the ban; Audrey Silk, director of New York Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment, said that her group plans to organized an outdoor &ldquo;smoke-in&rdquo; on May 23 to protest the law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/02\/23\/uk-smoking-newyork-idUSLNE71M02P20110223\" target=\"_blank\"> Reuters <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The wide-reaching ban will prohibit smoking in Times Square &nbsp; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law Tuesday a measure that prohibits smoking in many outdoor areas in the city. &nbsp; Beginning May 23, smoking in New York City&rsquo;s parks and pedestrian plazas will be illegal and violators will be subject to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}