Document Category: Articles
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New York Times, June 30, 1926 Article Provides Context as to Running Wild Introduction to Cabaret Law bill.
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A New York Times article from June 30, 1926 describes Mayor Walker’s debating the proposed Cabaret Law curfew and providing contemporary color as to “running wild” and “visitors from outside the city” creating disturbances. The contemporaneous account undermines the implied view that the preamble to the enacted law establishes racism.
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Proposed Zoning Changes Cut Remnants of Cabaret Law “Foot” Loose – CityLand
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Article in CityLand concerning proposed zoning changes.
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Nightlife-Loving Mayor, Offers Plan to ‘Let the People Dance’ New York Times, June 1, 2022
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The New York Times published an article by Jeffery C. Mays and Julia Carmel on June 1, 2022 concerning Mayor Adams’ initiative to reform prohibitions against dancing in the Zoning Resolution. The article misses some important points, and, alas, for no reason as to the purpose of the article, repeats the debunked claim that the…