NYC Mayor Eric Adams is in a battle over city rights with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on whether foie gras should be sold in the Big Apple.
Voters for Animal Rights, a lobbying group that was instrumental in getting the city to pass its initial ban, says state officials are intentionally dragging out the process, as existing farms are permitted to continue providing foie gras so long as litigation continues.
"They just want to drag this out as long as possible to keep profiting for as long as possible," Bryan Pease, the lawyer representing VAR, told Politico."They’re not going to be able to maintain this completely frivolous position that they have that they can strike down laws wherever they want, just because it might have some indirect upstream effect on a farm somewhere in Upstate New York. If that was the case, then you couldn’t ban anything.
Adams' administration has sought to enforce a ban on the delicacy over animal rights complaints, as producing the fatty liver requires force-feeding ducks at specialty farms elsewhere in the state.Hochul's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to [email protected], or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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