date:Oct 13, 2012
Soda makers, restaurateurs and other businesses sued Friday to try to block the city's unprecedented move to restrict sales of super-sized sugary drinks, an effort the city called a coup for public health but the businesses view as wrong-minded meddling.
For the first time, they're telling New Yorkers how much of certain safe and lawful beverages they can drink. It's unfair, it's inequitable and it's illegal, said Caroline Starke, a spokeswoman for the plaintiffs. They include the American Bev