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The New York City Cabaret Law was a dancing ban originally enacted in 1926, during Prohibition, [1] and repealed in 2017. [2] It referred to the prohibition of dancing in all New York City spaces open to the public selling food and/or drink unless they had obtained a cabaret license. It prohibited "musical entertainment, singing, dancing or ...
In 1976, New York State implemented an anti-prostitution law (also colloquially known as the "walking while trans law" or penal law section 240.37). [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] In February 2021, the New York State Legislature ( New York Senate vote 45-16 and New York House of Representatives vote 105–44) passed a bill to repeal the "walking while ...
A kissing booth is an attraction, usually at a carnival, where the person running the booth kisses other people, often to raise funds for charity. [1] There are newspaper articles dating back to at least the early 1900s advertising upcoming kissing booths and their "osculatory favors". [ 2 ]
The New York State Legislature created the misdemeanor offense of forcible touching in the Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2000, in response to a series of sexual attacks that took place in Central Park in New York City, [3] including the Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks in June 2000, in which dozens of women were attacked and groped in Central Park by groups of men.
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In 2019, New York enacted the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which added "gender identity" and "gender expression" as protected categories under New York's Human Rights Law. [ 5 ] Since November 2024, sexual orientation and gender identity was explicitly added to the New York State Constitution by 62.5% approval of New York ...
Law enforcement sources told CNN that a local New York man and his wife, who have not been identified, planned to attend a KISS concert in Canada but the gig was cancelled.
The New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) is article 15 of the Executive Law (which is itself chapter 18 of the Consolidated Laws of New York) which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, marital status or disability" in employment, housing, education, credit, and access to public accommodations [1] The law was ...