September 16, 2010
Gotham Government Relations, New York’s fastest-growing lobbying firm, is speaking out in opposition to the Mayor’s smoking ban. The mayor is calling for smoking to be banned on public park benches and beaches, all the while ignoring the local tobacconists whose businesses will be thrust one step closer to closure. The mayor’s proposed smoking ban is ridiculous in that this will only further hurt the already faltering economy of New York by driving more and more smokers to buy their products on the Internet and other out of state sources.
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June 28, 2010
Dramatic changes are on the horizon for New York tobacco consumers. Federal legislation has not only increased the federal tax on cigarettes, but has limited cigarette distribution. Proposed New York State legislation increases the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to an unprecedented level. Governor David Paterson’s emergency legislation proposes to reinstate New York’s regulatory scheme to tax cigarettes sold to non-Indians by Indian retailers on reservation land. A recent New York Court of Appeals decision provides guidance to New York legislators and regulators who may be tasked with crafting these delicate yet powerful regulations.
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