‘Everyone Is a Child’: NYC Department of Health Allegedly Mulling ‘Happy Hour’ Ban
- Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:39pm by
Erica Ritz
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The New York Post is reporting that the Department of Health is considering a ban on beer and booze specials in New York City bars and restaurants, and the proposal is apparently serious enough that one source quipped: “the alcohol lobby better find itself a good lawyer.”
While a spokesman for the Department of Health has denied “plans to pursue any policy around discount-alcohol sale,” a source reportedly told the Post: “It’s absolutely been discussed.”
The source continued: “It goes to show you the spirit with which they operate. Everyone is a child.”
(Photo: MSN Now)
The Post elaborates:
[Sources] said the anti-booze sentiment at the agency has reached a fever pitch, with officials recently asking state officials about the “legality of liquor in ice cream,” referring to potent products infused with bourbon, rum and tequila.
A prohibition on discounted drinks is solidly in line with [Commissioner Thomas Farley's] goals, which he outlined in his “Take Care New York 2012” report.
Farley said he aimed to “reduce risky alcohol use,” noting [that] alcohol-related hospitalizations in 2006 were roughly 209 per 100,000 people. His goal was to reduce this number to 170 per 100,000 by this year.
“DOH will advocate for policies that reduce access to alcohol by adolescents and for limits on sales practices in communities and campuses that promote drinking among adolescents and heavy drinking among adults,” the document reads.
Those familiar with the potential policy say Farley is proceeding with caution after his plan to reduce the “density” of alcohol outlets backfired, with Bloomberg apparently furious that he was never informed of the scheme.
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“It’s ridiculous,” one New York bartender, whose bar takes $2 off the price of any beer or hard liquor between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., remarked. “With the economy the way it is right now, it’s good to see cheaper prices. We try to be generous to get a good clientele in the door.”
The potential ban leaves many in a state of shock.
Soon, they say, New York will be a ghost town full of skyscrapers, having driven everyone out through excessive taxation or outrageous legislation. Either that, or we’re heading back to the days of prohibition. New York would be joining 19 other states that have “happy hour” bans.
“What’s next — brunch?,” Tom Shanahan, a lounge owner and lawyer who represents bars and nightclubs, asked.
A writer for MSN maintains: “It just SOUNDS wrong…Why not just cut out the middle man and just outlaw fun!”
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cowgirl
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:23amTime to go douche your brain Tim
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:22amSo that’s 0.2 percent of hospitalizations. What about the other 99.8 percent of people who are hospitalized? What is the DOH planning for prevention of the other hospitalizations? They are going to screw around with the local economy and public opinion on that scale– not to mention what it means to the tourist industry– for people who would probably find some other way to get their alcohol.
I’m not buying it. There’s another agenda at work here. What about the other 99.8 percent of people who are hospitalized? What is the DOH planning for prevention of the other hospitalizations?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:26amMy guess is that banning happy hour would only worsen the problems. Banning it would likely cause people to drive further away to places that still have it. Then they’d be driving drunk longer distances which would cause more accidents. Its not about the price. It’s about personal responsibility and societal problems. The government can’t regulate responsibility nor can it solve societal problems – but they sure know how to cause problems.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:36amGood point, @Getlife. They want to take happy hour away to reduce hospitalization by .0004%. That’s completely absurd! Don’t they have something better to do?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:30amI wonder what the crackhead rate is in their hospitals ?
Report Post »My best advice for anyone in NY that has a business there move somewhere else you will have a lot less headaches otherwise suffer the consequences.
historyguy48
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:54amWhat a wonderful idea! It ranks right up there with Prohibition!
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:56amEasy enough. Just make happy hour the regular price and call everything after 5 as Obama misery time.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:56am@getlife
Report Post »Yes there is another agenda at work.Its called the muslim influence.They hate booze with a passion.Couple that with there favorite henchmen[doctors]and you have the makings of prohibition.They have been peddling their monstrous agenda on the ears of the influential members of our society for decades.They find what they believe will be a common ground and hone in on it.The gullible and naive believe its all good.When in fact the muslim interlopers are seeking to imprint there dogma on the rest of us.If it looks a bit like the methods the nazis used, its because it is ,almost to a tee.
mycomet123
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:50amWHAT THE HELL? Maybe we should all stop driving too & from work now, since the majority of rush hour accidents leading to hospitalization happen during — wait for it—rush hour!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:40pmOk so how would anyone here support dry counties in North Carolina and other bible belt locals??
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:35pmI read Tim… as a Her… and She does have some interesting things to say occasionally… so do not just dismiss Her.
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:20pmwhen is mayor iceburg going to ban food.we wonder if obamby is muslum?mayor dumbburg presses relentlously for the ground zero mosque.and presses relentlously to prevent the greek orthidox cathlic church that was crushed under the worldtrade from rebuilding in manhatten. now there what they call feral pigs in michigan.the march of the caliphate continues with the help of the govt. better get your prayer rugs now before the run on them causes a shortage.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:38amWell the good news is that it won’t be very much longer until Jesus arrives in his Death Star.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:46amOf course it doesn’t mean death for those who do righteous, just death for those who are wicked. It’s kind of like the moon is the father and the earth is the mother, and the moon came to the earth because a son leaves his mother and father to join his wife. Therefore the Father has been here getting the bride ready, and Jesus will come in a giant moon-like ship, coming to the earth which is his bride.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:01amLife really is fascinating, the Father is the Lord of the living, and has been here all along, moving oceans, changing tides, making adjustments here and there getting the bride ready. Oh and I guess I should say, the bride isn’t gay people, but I know I know you think that, because the darkness doesn’t understand the light.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:15amLike the picture the child in Texas drew, Jesus will be coming on a cyborg unicorn.
Report Post »opnsrcsurvival
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:21amI know who you are! Come on and admit it to everyone here, that we have a celebrity amongst us!
Oh and say hi to Spongebob before you crawl back under your rock.
BR
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:29amAre you schizophrenic? You are being treated for your condition . . . aren’t you?
Report Post »floridacockleburr
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:15pmI would say I‘ll have what Tim’s having, but I don’t think I could handle it either.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:45pm@Itsjusttim
“…the Father is the Lord of the living, and has been here all along, moving oceans, changing tides, making adjustments here and there…”
You mean the hurricanes, tornados, floods, droughts, storms, lightning bolts, earth quakes, hail and tsunamis; those kind adjustments?
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:09amThe billionaire Bloomberg and all of his rich celebrity buddies probably would prefer not to drink with the peasants. Someone please tell me why all of these progressive policies are targeted at middle class and lower income people? When will people wake up and see that Obama‘s and Bloomberg’s agendas affect the middle class and lower income families the most. If I see one more celebrity stumping for Obama….I will barf!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:22amsadly you will not have long time to wait
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:28amThey are showing all of us hints of what they intend to impose on all of us – with particular attention to alcohol.
The reason is quite simple, in a Soviet/Communist super state, there is no incentive whatever to work hard, and true to the model, those under the Communist boot drank like fish. Party officials responded by curtailing the production of spirits. The oppressed people responded by making their own by any means possible – my favorit example was the engine coolant stolen from tractor and truct factories. Workers would drain the coolant and use it to make alocoholic beverages. The vehicles were delivered dry and there was no surplus coolant available to fill them.
So slowly, the global regime is seeking to condition the people to not drink, and like giant snakes, they will slowly strangle the people until there are just enough to keep them well served.
Remember, Communists do not care about life. Individual lives do not matter at all, and their state is the object of their faith.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:04amProhibition was already attempted and it was a failure. Get out of our lives!!!! The intrusion of Government is overwhelming. I do nothing but work and go to happy hour once a week and have two glasses of wine. Get out!!, Get out!!, Get out!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:08amIt’s NYC… go for it!
Report Post »gulfland
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:03amDo you actually think that bunch of ******* will outlaw purple? What would they wear? Besides, purple makes that runt bloomberg appear taller.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:00amNYC is a place you do not need to go to. There are many fine cities in the US, many conservative cities. If you need or want to spend money stay out of the democrat run cess pool cities
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:08amI went to NY once ( I arrived a few weeks after the towers were brought down by those misbegotten savages) and I have to say that I loved it, even though my memories are still tinged with anger.
I intended to stay for five days, but even though I was very careful with my budget, I was broke in three and had to move on.
It is a VERY expensive town to visit.
Report Post »DrMallard
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:56amSo what else do you expect of the Nanny Gloomberg administration? At least they’re not requiring all city residents to take PE. Yet.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:37amOur freedoms are being stripped away in front of our very eyes…
Report Post »twistin
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:15amDa phuque bidnit izzit a da Guvvamin?
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:57pmI am a lifelong resident of NY state but have probably spent less than 48 hours of my life in that overcrowded sewer of New York City. I avoid that place like the plague. This type of policy sure won’t be causing me to change my mind and go to the big city anytime soon.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:19amI am a X-NY_er and avoided NYC Too. The problem is that the whole state is forced to support NYC.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:49pmMy brother works in NYC as an attorney; he is one of very few conservatives in his office. I am proud of him for his ability to stand firm at his firm. NYC is a fun place to visit; as my bro is there, I have a good time. But I would hate to live under the rule of that 4 foot progressive wuss, Michael Bloomberg. I hope for NYC’s sake, they find a good man or woman next time for mayor.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:48pmThey’re missing the boat here. Why not just add a $2 TAX on all drinks served at Happy Hour. They can call it Misery Hour.
Report Post »woebegone
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:39pmNew Yorkers! Save yourselves, run, run run for your lives, next they will outlaw wearing purple on Thursday or something else crazy–the government is out of control!!!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:56pmYou mentioned purple; I will have to report you to the powers that be. You will have to learn that you do not, ever, question your caring government. Leave it to your betters.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:13amThis is something else that concerns me …very disturbing, more loss of freedom on the way?
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/April24/2411.html
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:38pmI think some people in NYC are finally starting to “get it” that Michael Bloomberg is a control freak who considers all citizens to be his subjects and he the king. NYC has lost so many of the things that once made it a truly great city, as near as 10 or 15 years ago. First thing to go was God and Religion. The people were fine with that. Now look what has happened. Pretty soon the entire population will be instructed on what kind of clothes and safety shoes to wear and how to eat…wait, they already have the czars telling people how to eat. Moochelle Obama is the head czar. Rush was telling his audience of an annual cigar party that is held in NYC every year. This time there was a new rule restricting everyone not to light up until after dessert, ala new NYC regulations. The whole point of the party was to enjoy all the different kinds of fine cigars. I think it’s being moved to CA next year. This is what happens when people drop God’s laws and opt for a worldly substitute. When will people learn???
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:27amIF we make it til November, we can vote out the head of this Take Over Plot…then you guys in NYC will have to dump that pompous J.A. —that wannabe Napoleon. The ONLY thing I want my Gov. to do is LISTEN TO ME. They use MY MONEY, everything they have is owned by US. I want them to make sure our Military is funded; our roads and bridges and FAA all work, OUR BORDERS are secured and then get the hell out of the way. There is going to be such a house cleaning!!! Damn!!! they are like those noseeums (the blind mosquitos that swarm)… OUT OUT DAMN SPOT !!!
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:27pmlol progressives cry at the top of thier lungs for rights and social justice,,then when they get it and thier society that thier making bites them in the azzz then they want to suspend rights….progressivism is a mental disorder..
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:23pmwell it seems government at all levels treats us like children….or criminals
Report Post »Andy Cooper
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:19pmHow is ending Happy Hour going to lessen adolescent alcohol use? How can NYC still be so progressive? Is there no limit to what those people will put up with? This may be “a bridge too far.”
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:40pmUntil aggressive stupidity is outlawed, this will be the kind of legislation New York will get.. Sorry, but true.. The city, and state, cannot satisfy their lust for power.. When people can no longer comply with laws because of their contradictory language and impossible standards, then the lawmakers can manipulate anything they want.. Days a comin..
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:11pmJust another reason to stay out of that cesspool NYC. I live about 70 miles away, and when the wind is wrong, the smell of urine waft’s thru the air. That‘s what happens when DEMOCRAT’s and illegals from around the world congrergate.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:22am@Andy Cooper: The power grabbers will stay at it till the people come after them with torches and pitchforks!
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:03pmLove that progressive run broke New York and their nanny rules. Not to mention one of the highest cost of living and taxes in the country.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:56pmScrew New York.Commies.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:55pmWait’ll ya see what Bloomie does to the other 23…
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:52pmThey have banned transfats, cigarettes, guns and salt in NYC. Did I miss anything?
Now they are planning to ban Happy Hour. What next? Alcohol?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:07amYou left out common sense.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:06amYeh… PROHIBITION worked out so well the last time!
Report Post »possom
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:51pmTwo place‘s I’m glad I don’t live in NYC and anywhere in california!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:51amI hear you on that. Didn’t live in the city, but did live in the state, as well as in California. Visited NYC a number of times, and glad I don’t live there. Now, Up State was enjoyable, but I don’t miss shoveling the snow. Granted, here in the south we mow our yards almost a full three seasons of the year though.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:47pmDidn’t the country try prohibition before, did these people not learn anything?
NYC is going into the toilet really fast. Glenn got out in time, even though he no longer drinks. It is being run by idiots who are going to make NYC the laughing stock of the country.
I have a plan. We round up all the Democrat Liberal Progressives and give them a choice to live in NYC or California. Telling them to choose wisely. The rest of us can live in between where brains and common sense prevail.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:58pmyep…………keep making the citizens live to the beat of the commie drum……………..
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:41amNo, please don’t do that. New York borders the New England states and with all the Dems in NY, the rest of New England would be cut off. Can’t we just send them all to California?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:46pmyet they will continue to vote these idiots in
democrats do not care for personal choice and freedom …………………they know better than you
and sadly, in many peoples case ( dem voters) that is actually true …………a box of rocks is smarter than they are
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:44pmThey have already outlawed salt and so much else in their despeate bid to control every aspect of the NYC resident lives; this is inevitable, and one more prime example of how intrusive and controlling under a second Obama term the feds will be for all of us.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:48pmThey don’t want anyone to be “happy” … misery loves company .. except for the ruling class.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:51pmNew York needs a hero, hope they get one, but they have to be brave and listen to the politicians, and do their own homework before marking a ballot.
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