tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235719694820791790.post4579382069361494112..comments2023-07-15T07:32:39.852-07:00Comments on Stop, Question and Frisk: Smokeless Tobacco in the Smoke-Free Air Act -- Illogical and UnlawfulAudrey Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886552039453998727noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235719694820791790.post-72246680573186066242016-03-03T14:41:33.524-08:002016-03-03T14:41:33.524-08:00Additional information: I've argued above th...Additional information: I've argued above that the inclusion of non-tobacco shisha and smokeless tobacco should, if the Council insists on it, be crafted as a NEW law and not violate the City Charter's "One Subject Rule" by inserting it into the Smoke-Free Air Act. <br /><br />I would hope Council Member Julissa Ferraras (D-Queens) applies exactly that point of view which she has applied to the city's dipping into one fund to plug another:<br /><br />"That was never the intent... If this fund is going to be used for something different then it should be identified as that and there should be a transparent process. To call that a budget savings is, we believe, a far stretch." (see http://nypost.com/2016/02/27/city-employees-run-to-er-so-frequently-cost-of-visit-triples/)<br /><br />As is the insertion of the aforementioned regulations into the Smoke-Free Air Act a far stretch and a cover (non-transparent) to avoid debate and backlash.Audrey Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886552039453998727noreply@blogger.com