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SMOKE FREE ACT OF 2002
(INTRO 256-A)Introduced: 2002
Passed City Council: December 18, 2002
Passed Mayor: December 30, 2002
This legislation amends the 1995 Smoke-Free Air Act to make public places including bars, nightclubs and restaurants and all places of employment in New York City smoke-free. Officials agreed to some exemptions: cigar bars, owner-operated bars, fraternal organizations and portions of outdoor cafes will still allow smoking. The law would also allow for smoking in separate, enclosed rooms that employees do not enter.
How Councilmembers Voted :
41-Yes 7-No 2-Abstain 0-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | No |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Abstain |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| James E. Davis | Democrat | 35 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Ruben Diaz | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | No |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Martin Golden | Republican | 43 | No |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Yes |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | No |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | No |
| Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | No |
| Eva Moskowitz | 4 | Yes | |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | No |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Abstain |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Jose M. Serrano | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |