The Second Circuit on Tuesday gave a thumbs up to New York City’s adult entertainment zoning regulations, rebuffing arguments that they are unconstitutional.
The First Amendment protects adult expression while also allowing “a municipality to regulate adult entertainment establishments,” the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said in its unsigned opinion. A city can use its zoning power to prohibit adult establishments from operating in certain areas.
The decision affirms a 2024 district court order dismissing a lawsuit from 14 strip clubs and adult bookstores that challenged the city’s 2001 law expanding zoning laws originally affecting strip ...
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