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Greenfield Introduces Bill That Would Keep Health Regulation Out Of Circumcision Rituals

Councilman David Greenfield (Source: swedennewyork via flickr).Councilman David Greenfield introduced legislation that would prevent the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH) from enacting or enforcing regulations regarding controversial circumcision rituals. The Yeshiva World News is reporting [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/186446/Greenfield-Introduces-Bill-to-Prevent-City-from-Regulating-Bris-Milah.html] that Greenfield

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City Requires Parental Consent on Ultra-Orthodox Circumcision

The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/health-board-votes-to-regulate-jewish-circumcision-ritual.html?ref=nyregion] that the City’s Board of Health has unanimously passed a regulation requiring consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual circumcision known as metzitzah b’peh

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Local Pols Discuss Mayor Bloomberg’s Soda Ban

Source: Antoine Amarilli via Wikimedia CommonsMayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed soda ban has met with a lot of commentary from both sides of the spectrum. Groups have called Bloomberg the “nanny mayor” while others applaud his fight to end obesity. In the storm of quips his campaign has generated, it’

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Gentile Vows To End City’s Assault On Small Business

The following is a press release from the office of Councilman Vincent Gentile: COUNCILMAN GENTILE VOWS TO END CITY’S ASSAULT ON SMALL BUSINESSES BAY RIDGE – Addressing a room full of business leaders at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Councilman Vincent J. Gentile vowed to put an end to the