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Like every other state in the United States, driving under the influence is a crime in New York and is subject to a great number of regulations outside of the state's alcohol laws. New York's maximum blood alcohol level for driving is 0.08% for persons over the age of 16 and there is a "zero tolerance" policy for persons under 16.
The adjective that might come to mind might be astonishing, if only because such an expansion of state laws to address climate change is exactly that. But the details of how the Hawaii court got ...
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) is a plan signed into law on July 18, 2019 [1] to address climate change and reach net zero emissions in New York State. The Act sets the goals to reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and then to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050.
No state public intoxication law. Liquor control law [81] covers all beverages containing more than 0.5% alcohol, without further particularities based on percentage. [82] Cities and counties are prohibited from banning off-premises alcohol sales. [83] No dry jurisdictions. State preemption of local alcohol laws which do not follow state law.
Gov. Kathy Hochul approved a controversial law that will force oil, natural-gas and coal companies to fork over a staggering $75 billion to the state for spewing carbon emissions and contributing ...
In the 1830s, temperance activists mobilized to restrict licenses in towns and counties in New England. By the 1840s, temperance reformers demanded state laws to allow local voters to decide whether any liquor licenses would be issued in their localities. Some 12 states and territories had some form of the early local option laws by the late 1840s.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A judge has dismissed New York City's lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell liable for misleading the public about their products, and their commitment to renewable ...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has noted that "[m]ost of the state has warmed one to three degrees (F) (0.5 - 2 °C) in the last century", [5] and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has further observed that "[t]he annual average temperature statewide has risen about 2.4 °F (1.3 °C) since 1970, with winter warming exceeding 4.4 °F" (2.4 °C).