The story of New York City’s efforts to regulate the adult entertainment industry, which began under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani more than two decades ago, finally may be at an end.
In early June, in For the People Theatres of N.Y. v. City of New York, No. 59 (N.Y. June 6, 2017), the New York Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Appellate Division, First Department, and ruled that the 2001 amendments to the city’s adult entertainment zoning rules, which amended the city’s 1995 zoning ordinance governing the industry, were constitutional and did not violate the plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights.
