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New York City’s planned ban on jumbo sized sugary soft drinks
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that New York City’s planned ban on the sale of jumbo sized sugary soft drinks by some retail entities is “arbitrary and capricious,” and should not be enacted. The ruling came one day before the plan was scheduled to go into effect, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration immediately said that it would appeal a decision that it called “clearly in error.” Full story.