New Yorkers for Beverage Choices

“Thank You NYC”

editor — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:54:04 +0000

News 12-Hofstra poll: 59% of Long Island would oppose statewide sugary drinks ban

editor — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:58:48 +0000

A News 12-Hofstra poll found that a majority of Long Islanders would oppose a statewide ban on large sugary drinks. Read more here…

Don’t mess with the thirst amendment – Sugary drink ban goes too far

editor — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:51:32 +0000

Because those facts are so well known, it’s unnecessary to legally limit soda consumption. The caloric count of soda and its ingredients are matters of public record. Individuals have the information necessary to decide for themselves and their families what beverages are appropriate. Read more here…

Nothing to cheer in defeat of NYC soda ban

editor — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:43:21 +0000

Bloomberg deserves credit for a daring response to a serious health problem, but it’s telling that he was by all accounts surprised at the reversal. Perhaps it reminded him quite suddenly of the existence of a couple other branches of government. Bloomberg hadn’t bothered to seek City Council approval of what in Tingling’s estimation amounted to legislation. So the idea that yet another branch, the judiciary, might get in his way must have been bracing indeed. Read more here…

Let it go, Mr. Mayor: City should drop its appeal of court’s ruling on the large-soda ban

editor — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:47:23 +0000

The big-soda ban may be a good idea, but it was a reach politically and legally. Doing an end run around the City Council, which has supported his other public-health initiatives, was bound to generate a backlash. And there seems to be little doubt Judge Tingling had this in mind when he issued his mixed-message ruling.

The point is that it’s going to be an uphill legal battle and there are more important fights. We support the ban, but we have to ask if this is the best use of city resources. The mayor should let this one go. Read more here…

Bloomberg and his ego

editor — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:45:36 +0000

All the soda ban would do is cost people more money, create more garbage and have little effect on how much soda folks drink. Judge Milton Tingling got it right when he called the ban “arbitrary and capricious” and said that the Board of Health had overstepped its bounds. Read more here…

On schools and soda, the mayor overreaches

editor — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:54:11 +0000

Whether it’s schools or soda, the mayor takes good intentions too far and needs to be reined in. The results are unnecessary expenditures of the public’s energy and money without the societal improvements he sought in the first place. Read more here…

His Nannyhood’s sugary drink ban fails, but bad taste lingers

editor — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:50:02 +0000

The sugary drink ban could, this being New York we’re talking about, survive on appeal to a higher court. His Nannyhood’s crusade against something sweet takes us back to Prohibition. We all know how that worked out. Read more here…

A slippery Slurpee slope

editor — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:45:59 +0000

Obesity is a complex problem that is at least as much about our couch-potato lifestyle as it is about what we consume. If Bloomberg truly believes he’s going to solve that problem with his silly little Big Gulp ban, he’s an even bigger fool than we thought. Read more here…

How will the great soda-ban effort of 2013 be remembered?

editor — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:19:32 +0000

On Monday, a state judge halted Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to outlaw some big, sugary drinks in the city, casting doubt on whether the so-called soda ban will ever take effect. Small businesses and beverage companies cheered the move, while the mayor vowed to appeal the ruling.

What will be the soda-ban’s legacy? Click here to vote…