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Secondhand smoke in Apartments in
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June 28, 2016
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1/10/16

‘Your cancer is your problem’ smoker says to neighbor: suit

New York Post A Wall Street trader suffering from throat cancer is under assault from his physician neighbor who’s wielding her secondhand smoke as a weapon, he claims.
11/12/15

Feds to Ban Smoking at Public Housing Complexes NewYork1.com

Dr. Elizabeth Garland of Mount Sinai Hospital says the policy will be especially beneficial to children, citing studies showing that as many as 1 in 4 kids in affordable housing struggle with asthm
                 Smoking Ban Proposal a Surprise to Some Public Housing Tenants New York Times More than 600 public housing agencies, most of them in the West, Northwest and Northeast regions of the country, have instituted smoking bans voluntarily.
                Public Housing Nationwide May Be Subject to Smoking Ban New York Times In New York, some luxury apartment buildings have prohibited smoking and have made a smoke-free environment a selling point.
10/28/15 Proposed bill would ban city-subsidized tenants from smoking in apartments New York Post If he reaches the goal and Richards’ legislation passes, the apartment smoking ban would be the most extensive in the nation.
                         Queens councilman to propose smoking ban in NYC housing New York Daily News Queens Councilman Donovan Richards’s proposal would slap the prohibition on units that get city subsidies, tax breaks, loans or cheap land after it takes effect — expected to cover tens of thousands of units under Mayor de Blasio’s plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable homes over a decade.
6/30/15

As Predicted, Liberals Move to Ban Smoking in Homes

rushlimbaugh.com Have you heard that the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, wants to ban smoking inside rental homes to start?
6/30/15 De Blasio pushes for smoking ban in private homes BizPacReview.com The mayor’s administration is planning to pay health-advocacy groups $9,000 apiece to pressure landlords and developers into banning smoking in their apartment complexes, according to the New York Post.
6/29/1 Bill De Blasio Hates Freedom freebeacon.com The New York Post reported on de Blasio’s new initiative to partner with health groups that will “pressure landlords” into banning smoking in apartment buildings.
6/28/15 De Blasio continues crusade against smoking at home New York Post The administration is planning to select and pay four health-advocacy groups $9,000 apiece to pressure landlords and developers to prohibit smoking in their apartment complexes so neighboring tenants don’t inhale secondhand smoke.
2/12/15

Smoke-Free Policies

New York Times Adopting smoke-free policies protects the health of all residents.
2/12/15 CB 11 CONTINUES PUSH FOR SMOKE-FREE HOUSING TheForumNews.com With the “Smoke-free Multiple Housing Resolution” proponents seek to expand the smoking restrictions already in place in the Big Apple, and protect the health of others by recommending to the owners of new multi-family dwellings that the housing units being developed become smoke-free residences.
1/22/15

CB 1 talks public health, licenses

Queens Chronicle “Someone down the hall from you may smoke and what happens is, smoke gets in your eyes, smoke comes into your apartment where you’re breathing.
9/23/14 Bid to ban smoking in common areas of buildings New York Post The city is poised to put the kibosh on smoking in the common areas of buildings with 10 dwellings or less under a bill coming before the City Council on Tuesday.
7/10/14 The Sound of Waves Gives Way to Horns New York Times Worse was the pervasive smell of cigarette smoke.
6/29/14 Selling With a Smoker Next Door New York Times We have just put our apartment on the market and have been told by our broker that this cigarette smell can be a deal breaker for potential buyers who need to pass the smoker’s apartment to get to ours.
6/23/14 The de Blasio administration should study ways to require that all new or preserved units of affordable housing be smoke free The presence of secondhand smoke significantly impacts the health and quality of life of those who are exposed to cigarette smoke
3/25/14 Ask an Expert: How do I stop people from smoking on my stoop? AM New York Breathe easy. You have a couple of options to make sure your tenant’s girlfriend butts out,...
12/13/13 Issues With Building Employees New York Times (Roll down to "A Smoking Super") The super, who smokes, lives in the building.
5/29/13 MHN Interview: Encouraging Smoke-Free Buildings in NYC MHN Online One of the reasons that it’s especially important to focus on smoke-free housing in New York City is that we have the highest concentration of multi-unit buildings.
5/3/13 Mold, Come Out With Your Hands Up New York Times “Some of the highest-end residential buildings in Manhattan have decided it’s worth it to spend the money and solve the problem. They know their residents have every reason to object to secondhand smoke.”
4/5/13 Smoke-Free Housing Strategies in New York City NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City Video
A Guide for Residents of New York City NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City Brochure
Making Room to Breathe NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City A Case Study of Smoke-Free Housing in NYC
12/19/12 Bloomberg wants smoking ban for NYC apartments? Proposed law has clues Yahoo News And if hizzoner has his way, apartments will be his next smoke-free target.
12/17/12 Now Bloomberg wants to ban New Yorkers smoking in their OWN homes
DailyMail.co.uk The community groups would 'work with property managers, tenants, and others on adoption of voluntary smoke-free policies', the document says.
            Report: City To Offer ‘Bounty’ To Ban Smoking In Apartments CBS New York Now, as 1010 WINS’ Gary Baumgarten reported, the city is reportedly offering community boards rewards of $10,000 to convince landlords to ban smoking in apartments.
12/16/12 Mayor’s ‘secret war’ on smoking inside your apartment New York Post Community groups are being asked to convince tenants and property managers to turn their private buildings into butt-free abodes — the latest front in the Health Department and Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-smoking crusade, according to a recently released “request for proposal” document.
9/28/12 Smokefree Housing Options in NYC Need to Expand The Huffington Post In cities like New York with dense populations and a prevalence of multi-family unit housing, it's no wonder that more people are exposed to secondhand smoke right in their own living rooms.
9/19/12 Smoke-Free NYC - Phil (video) American Lung Association of the Northeast
            Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing – Why It’s Important
5/21/12 Wanting to Smoke at Home, and Facing Hurdles in Apartment Hunt New York Times “If you’re looking for a place that officially allows smoking, your numbers are going to go way, way down,” said Mike Salvo, an agent at Citi Habitats.
5/11/12 Smoke-Free New York City Apartment Buildings Are Popular; New Yorkers Still Weary Of Nanny-State (POLL) Huffington Post New York City voters, by a %59- %39 margin, want to live in a building where smoking is prohibited, according to the poll.
5/8/12 Ask an expert: What do I do about my neighbors smoking pot? NY Daily News In our UWS high rise apartment, we have neighbors who really, really enjoy marijuana.
4/29/12 Smoke-Free Residences The New York Times
4/27/12
Bloomberg proposes new anti-smoking bill
Washington Square News
4/26/12 City To Landlords: Post Smoke Policy Ridgewood Times Newsweekly
4/25/12 Big Apple Mayor Proposes New Smoking Apartment Building Rules, SolarCigarette.com Dishes Out the Details PR.com
4/22/12 Proposed Rules for Buildings Reignites Smoking Debate WNYC.org
4/19/12 Bloomberg Compares Smoking To Jumping Off A Bridge Gothamist.com
4/18/12 Mayor Taking New Step on Smoking Wall Street Journal
4/18/12 Proposal Would Require Building Owners to Set Smoking Rules NBC 4 New York
4/18/12 Mayor Wants Smoke-Free Policies Defined In Residential Buildings
NY1.com
4/18/12 Bloomberg Calls for Residential Smoking Rules New York Times
4/18/12 Mayor's push could ban smoking at home CrainsNewYork.com
4/18/12 New York City Legislation Would Require Disclosure of Residences' Smoking Policies, Allowing Renters and Buyers to Make Informed Decisions Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
4/12/12 REBNY’s Residential Management Council Proposes Guidelines for Implementing No-Smoking Policies Real Estate Board New York Residential Management Council has created a guide to help managing agents to best inform their buildings and boards who are considering implementing a no-smoking policy.
4/12/12 Activist wants apt. ban on smoking Queens Chronicle Phil Konigsberg, a Bay Terrace activist, has been fighting for smoke-free causes for nearly 25 years and now hopes to widen smoking bans throughout the city to potentially include all multi-family residences, condos and co-ops citywide.
4/7/12 Smoking laws target apartments, condos, co-ops lohud.com The smoke wafted into his apartment and got so bad that Shanahan, a nonsmoker, said he couldn’t even open his windows without more fumes coming in.
4/1/12 Bloomberg's Anti-Smoking Agenda Reaches Homes NYcurbed.com4
3/12/12 13 NYC apartment buildings that have totally banned smoking BrickUnderground.com Now more and more residential buildings are getting in on the no-smoking action.
3/16/11 Smoking Bans Hitting Home Wall Street Journal New York has been taking an increasingly tough stance toward smoking, but virtually all residential buildings have drawn the line at telling people they can't smoke in their own apartments.
             Should condos and co-ops be able to ban smoking inside owners’ apartments? New York has been taking an increasingly tough stance toward smoking, but virtually all residential buildings have drawn the line at telling people they can't smoke in their own apartments.
2/18/11 Smoke gets up landlord's nose in court Crain's New York Busines Last week, a District Court judge in Nassau County ruled that an Upper East Side tenant could break her lease and pay reduced rent because she had complainted about a neighbor's cigarette smoking and the landlord failed to take appropriate action to alleviate the secondhand smoke.

"But now God has shown us a different way to heaven - not by "being good enough" and trying to keep his laws, but by a new way (though not new, really, for the Scriptures told about it long ago). Now God says he will accept and acquit us - declare us "not guilty" - if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like. Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal; yet now God declares us "not guilty" of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins." Romans 3:21-24 Living Bible