date:Sep 14, 2012
Calling the ruling a rubberstamped decision by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, beverage industry group New Yorkers for Beverage Choices blasted the citys Board of Health for passing a proposal that will ban the sale of many sugar-sweetened drinks in restaurants, food trucks, theaters and other on-premise retailers.
The fix was in from the beginning, and the Mayors handpicked board followed their orders by passing this discriminatory ban; but it has not passed with the support of New York