A Farewell to Nanny Bloomberg

New York City moves to ban discrimination against overweight people.

AP/Ted S. Warren
A man sitting court-side during a college basketball game in Seattle. AP/Ted S. Warren

New Yorkers will soon be living in fat city as Gotham’s mayor, Eric Adams, prepares to sign a bill banning size discrimination. It’s a sharp departure from the tenure of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who sought to slim the city down by force of law and shame.

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