TREND WATCH: Proposed NYC Bans

The latest ...

2007:

1. The word "bitch"
2. The word "ho"
3. Free formula samples for new mothers at city hospitals
4. Plastic water bottles (New York State)
   
5. Teenage possession of spray paint
   
6. Businesses from leaving their windows or doors open while air conditioners are on inside
   
7. Dogs from being tied up three-plus hours
   
8. Talking/listening/playing while walking crosswalks
9. Skinny models
10. The "N-word"
11. Electric-assist pedicabs
12. Public pension investments in companies with business in Sudan

2006:

1. pit bulls
2. trans-fats
3. aluminum baseball bats
4. the purchase of tobacco by 18- to 20-year-olds
5. foie gras
6. pedicabs in parks
7. new fast-food restaurants (but only in poor neighborhoods)
8. lobbyists from the floor of council chambers
9. lobbying city agencies after working at the same agency
10. vehicles in Central and Prospect parks
11. cell phones in upscale restaurants
12. the sale of pork products made in a processing plant in Tar Heel, N.C., because of a unionization dispute
13. mail-order pharmaceutical plans
14. candy-flavored cigarettes
15. gas-station operators adjusting prices more than once daily
16. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
17. Wal-Mart
18. the process that makes steaks pink
19. subway ads poking fun at outer boroughs