Health Bucks

Peddling Nonsense: The Failure of the Green Cart Experiment

New York Green Carts

Over four years ago, the mayor and the city council launched the Green Cart experiment-a plan to put 1,500 veggie carts into so-called underserved areas in order to give poor folks access to healthier foods. This “field of dreams theory” was the brainchild of the brain-dead health commissioner at the time, Tom Frieden, who has […]

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Where There is a Will, There’s a Way

George Will

In this morning’s Washington Post columnist George Will lashes out at the expansion of government-and how the stimulus is being used (possibly illegally) to promote a Big Mother health agenda:

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Willets Point: Related’s Charm Offensive Simply a Con

Continuing the charm offensive that was begun by EDC’s Seth Pinsky-all to counteract the incredible effort mounted by WPU against the Willets Point development-the lawyers and principals of Related met with the good folks down at the Times Ledger in order to explain why Willets West a necessary first step in the overall development of the area

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Mayor’s Scientific Thin Skin

New York Green Carts

We have seen with green carts and menus labeling-two policy ideas promoted as health measures-that the scientific underpinnings were never present to justify the promotion of these programs-and the results bear this observation out. The mayor is quite willing, when it suits his purposes, to claim scientific authority when none exists-so he should remain silent when his critics weigh in on the validity of his nest great idea.

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NYAGS in Shelby Report: 2012 Headed Down Right Track ?

“NYAGS will vigorously protect business throughout New York from overreaching and unnecessary regulatory ­measures. NYAGS will help unite the fight against the ­recently announced Big Soda Ban by the NYC Board of Health,” co-founder Brad Gerstman added.

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