Smoking is allowed on sidewalks outside parks, including sidewalks that form the perimeter of parks. For example, smoking will be allowed on the sidewalk on 5th Avenue outside Central Park. Smoking is permitted in the parking lots of all Parks properties.
Even though medians in the middle of large streets such as Broadway are under the jurisdiction of Parks, they are mainly used to cross the street so smoking by pedestrians would be permitted to continue in these areas. No one is allowed to use an e-cigarette in places where smoking is prohibited, including parks and beaches. Learn more about the Smoke-Free Air Act.
The new law will be enforced mostly by New Yorkers themselves. We expect that New Yorkers will ask people to follow the law and stop smoking. This is how similar laws have worked in other places, including Chicago and Los Angeles. For more Midtown news, subscribe to the email newsletter from Midtown Patch. The temporary signs installed this week at the three parks will be replaced by higher-quality versions, Biederman said.
The city has not announced any plan to put up similar signs in other public spaces. Signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last Wednesday, New York's marijuana law makes it immediately legal to smoke pot in public wherever it is legal to smoke a cigarette.
In a unique provision, much of the tax revenue raised from pot sales will be directed toward Black and Latino communities that had been disproportionately affected by criminalization. People with prior convictions for marijuana offenses will get their records expunged. Dispensaries, where marijuana can be purchased legally, will likely not be allowed to open until Know someone who would like to get Midtown news in their inbox? Nick Garber , Patch Staff.
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