Judge Blocks New York City’s Soda Ban

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 49•11 • Mar 12, 2013

Just one day before the rule was set to go into effect in New York City, a state justice blocked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial regulation banning the sale of sodas and other sugary beverages over 16 ounces. What do you think?

“Honey, pack your bags. The New York trip is back on!”
Roy Ivernel –
Bicycle Assembler
“So I drank all those two-liters last night for nothing?”
Beatrice Ross –
Unemployed
“Well, there goes my Pepsi speakeasy.”
Anthony Gilhooly –
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