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New York City News Rack Owners Accumulate Fines for "Aesthetic" Violations

By AAN Staff
december 16, 2003  02:36 pm
New York City News Rack Owners Accumulate Fines for "Aesthetic" Violations
Most publishers would like to soften New York's Local Law 23, which imposes fines for "dirty" news racks, and some contend the law is unconstitutional. Since last April, when enforcement began, the city's Department of Transportation has assessed more than 2,000 fines, totaling almost $1 million, Cynthia Cotts of the Village Voice reports. The burden is greatest for smaller businesses. New York Press publisher Charles Colletti says the weekly has received fines of almost $100,000 and has hired a cleaning contractor to comply with the law.
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