Invoking the lyrics of the pop singer Christopher Cross, a Manhattan judge ruled that a section of a New York City Code that prohibits towing aerial advertising banners is unconstitutional. Alex Santoriello was hit with a summons for using his boat to tow an advertisement from a parasail in the Hudson River. The judge, who began his decision with the refrain from Cross's 1979 hit "Sailing," found that the ordinance must be struck down because it entirely proscribes behavior permitted by the FAA.
January 10, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Invoking the lyrics of the pop singer Christopher Cross, a Manhattan judge has ruled that a section of the New York City Administrative Code that prohibits towing aerial advertising banners is unconstitutional.
Criminal Court Judge Arthur M. Schack, who began his decision in People v. Alex Santoriello with the refrain from Mr. Cross’s 1979 hit “Sailing,” found that the ordinance must be struck down because it entirely proscribes behavior permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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