In one city within New York, homeless individuals aren’t permitted to light a fire before deciding what food they want to cook. An old law in the city that never sleeps, alternatively, required anyone wishing to transport carbonated lemonade to obtain a permit first.
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29 Amusing Laws of New York
- Obtaining a permit is necessary if you want to hang laundry on a clothesline.
- On Sundays, carrying an ice cream cone in your pocket is unlawful.
- Carmel: It’s prohibited for a man to leave the house in mismatched clothing.
- In a part of New York City known as Brooklyn, donkeys aren’t allowed to spend the night in a bathtub.
- Greene: Consuming peanuts and walking backward on the sidewalk during a concert are banned.
- In New York State, teaching your parrot to speak is permissible, but instructing it to shriek is not.
- In New York, a special permit is necessary to transport carbonated beverages.
- In New York City, it’s illegal to dump sewage on the street.
- New York: Shaking out a used dust cloth from a window is prohibited.
- In New York State, it’s illegal to hunt rabbits from a moving trolley bus.
- Ocean City: Only water in a clear plastic bottle is allowed on the beach.
- Ocean City: Men aren’t allowed to go shirtless in the city center.
- Staten Island: Watering your lawn is permissible only if you hold the hose in your hand.
- Tonawanda: Homeless individuals are prohibited from starting a fire in the park before deciding what food to cook.
- Throwing a ball at someone’s face for fun is against the law.
- It’s illegal for women to wear tight clothing in public.
- Jumping off the Empire State Building is prohibited.
- In New York State, starting a public performance, play, game, or other large-scale event before 1:05 p.m. is unlawful.
- Crossing the street isn’t illegal, unless done diagonally. This means you don’t have to stay within crosswalks, but you also can’t walk diagonally.
- Members of New York’s nine Native American tribes are exempt from the 8% parking tax.
- Theaters and arenas must always separate restrooms into men’s and women’s facilities.
- Smoking within 100 ft of a public building entrance is forbidden.
- It’s entirely legal for women to walk topless on the streets.
- Wearing slippers after 10:00 p.m. is prohibited.
- The New York CityTransit Authority’s contract states, among other points, that a woman can ride the subway topless. This is based on the principle that if a man can do something, a woman can do it too.
- The penalty for jumping out of a building window is death.
- In an effort to curb the spread of graffiti, New York City implemented a ban on open spray paint cans a few years ago.
- Speaking while riding escalators is illegal.
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