Mayor Bloomberg Soda Ban Overturned.
Channel: Lorri Anderson
Date: 2013-03-11

Bloomberg shot down on Soda Restrictions.

According to the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/nyregion/judge-invalidates-bloombergs-soda-ban.html?emc=na&_r=0

Mayor Bloomberg apparently thought this one was in the bag. He had already planned a victory party.

""We plan to appeal the decision as soon as possible, and we are confident the Board of Health's decision will ultimately be upheld," Michael A. Cardozo, the Bloomberg administration's chief counsel, said in a statement. "We believe the Board of Health has the legal authority — and responsibility — to tackle" the causes of obesity.

The ruling stunned the Bloomberg administration, which was deep into preparations to begin enforcing the ban and had even boasted on Monday that it should be applied nationally as a remedy to rising obesity rates. Mr. Bloomberg had scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning to celebrate the inauguration of the new rule, when he would stand with lawmakers who supported the initiative, according to a person told of the plans."