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: Key players – Carlina Rivera (sponsor), backed by Speaker Corey Johnson in 2019. The 42 council members who voted yes spanned many districts, influenced by animal rights lobbying (groups like Voters

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little political cost. For example, in NYC, Council Speaker Corey Johnson championed the ban as part of his progressive platform, surely aware that those who eat foie gras are a tiny constituency. Les

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, and the Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Council Speaker Corey Johnson – who had made animal welfare a part of his agenda – also supported the foie gras ban and packaged it with other pro-animal bi

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leadership. The coalition also worked closely with Speaker Corey Johnson’s team, since getting the bill scheduled for a vote was at his discretion. In late 2019, Speaker Johnson was eyeing a run for

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