{"id":921,"date":"2006-04-04T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T18:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/04\/cabaret_laws_stupid_but_not_unconstitutional.html"},"modified":"2006-04-04T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T18:34:01","slug":"cabaret_laws_st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/cabaret_laws_st.html","title":{"rendered":"Cabaret Laws: Stupid But Not Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Manhattan State Supreme Court judge ruled that the city’s cabaret laws — which prohibit dancing in an unlicensed establishment — are constitutional<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman threw out a lawsuit challenging the city’s law from the 1920s that requires bars and restaurants to have cabaret licenses if their patrons want to boogie.<\/p>\n

“Social dancing is fun,” Stallman wrote in a 23-page decision. “It is also a worthwhile and socially positive activity whose importance should not be underestimated simply because it is enjoyable.”<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Stallman upheld the city’s right to regulate dancing in bars and restaurants, tossing out a lawsuit filed by a group called the Gotham West Coast Swing Club.<\/p>\n

The group argued that dancing is expressive and should be considered protected free speech under the New York State Constitution.<\/p>\n

The judge did suggest that the city reexamine the old law. “Surely, the Big Apple is big enough to find a way to let people dance.”A city spokeswoman hailed the ruling as a “confirmation of the city’s efforts to protect residential communities from disruptions attributed to some cabarets.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Manhattan State Supreme Court judge ruled that the city’s cabaret laws — which prohibit dancing in an unlicensed establishment — are constitutional: Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman threw out a lawsuit challenging the city’s law from the 1920s that requires bars and restaurants to have cabaret licenses if their patrons want to boogie. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quality_of_life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}