Legal Opinion
Vatore v. Commissioner of Consumer Affairs
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1994PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
This appeal presents a question of statutory interpretation: whether the Legislature, in enacting the Adolescent Tobacco-Use Prevention Act (the Act) (Public Health Law art 13-F [L 1992, ch 799]), intended to preempt local municipal regulation of tobacco sales and distribution through vending machines in public places. In particular, the question is whether the State statute preempts Local Laws, 1990, No. 67 of the City of New York.
In 1990, the New York City Council enacted Local Law No. 67 (adding Administrative Code of City of NY § 17-177), with the stated…
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