So far, no word on whether anyone has taken him up on his offer. The law, informally known as CDA II, is a re-worked version of the Communications Decency Act, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in June 1997. In that case, the court ruled that the CDA was overly broad and would limit adults to viewing only material that was suitable for children. In November, U.S. District Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr., issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the act while the trial is underway. New York City's Wollman skating rink in Central Park.
Saving lives definitely outweighs the controversy.
Under the 1995 ordinance, sex businesses such as peep shows, massage parlors, and porn shops cannot be in residential areas or within 500 feet of a school, place of worship, or another sex business. Sex business proponents tried every possible avenue of legal appeal, claiming that the plan was a violation of the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. A New York state appeals court upheld the ordinance, and in July 1998, the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn that ruling. Finally, in January, the Supreme Court rejected a pair of free speech-based appeals, and allowed the city's regulations to remain on the books. Some sex shops and porn palaces have explored creative ways to remain open.