At a public health forum in Downtown Brooklyn, he railed against the current administration for using «one shots and fiscal gimmicks» to balance its budgets, and slammed Bloomberg's large soda ban as nothing more than «big PR.» (dnainfo.com)
The powerful Manhattan lawmaker yesterday criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's large soda ban proposal, suggesting telling The New York Post that, ««We may be getting too close to Big Brother» and that he may take up legislation to block the order, which doesn't require approval from the City Council. (nystateofpolitics.com)
On March 11, 2013, Judge Milton Tingling shot down a New York City soda ban supported by Mayor Bloomberg and the New York City Department of Health. (judgepedia.org)