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Mayor Bloombergs grand vision to improve New Yorkers health by severely limiting sales of high-calorie beverages on city property is short-sighted and destructive, say blind vendors who operate stands in city-owned buildings.
The vendors were notified Monday that they can dedicate just two slots in their beverage machines for high-calorie beverages such as soda, iced tea and juice and that the buttons must be in the position of the lowest selling potential, according to the new regulations.
Its going to destroy my business, said Carmine Cataldo III, who runs a lobby shop inside the Brooklyn Supreme Court Building at 360 Adams Street. [The higher-calorie drinks are] 60 percent of my sales.
He would even need to replace his Pepsi vending machine because the new rules insist advertising space must promote healthy beverages or healthy activities.
Read more: Blind vendors speak out against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to limit high-calorie drinks on city property - NYPOST.com
Move to San Francisco Bloomie.