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End NYC’s foie-gras ban before it takes effect

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, September 10). End NYC’s foie-gras ban before it takes effect. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/opinion/end-nycs-foie-gras-ban-before-it-takes-effect/

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New York City's 2019 ban on foie gras sales is set to take effect, but a final appeal is being made to the state's highest court to lift the ban. La Belle Farm and Hudson Valley Foie Gras are suing to overturn the law, arguing that it would harm their businesses and hundreds of workers. The ban was implemented in response to claims from animal-rights activists that force-feeding ducks and geese for foie gras is cruel. The article argues that state agricultural laws should override local bans and that the city has no right to dictate farming practices outside its limits.

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The New York City ban on foie gras sales, set to take effect by 2022, has been a contentious issue for years. The ban was signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio in February 2019 after animal rights activists claimed that the process of force-feeding ducks and geese to produce foie gras is cruel to the birds. However, La Belle Farm and Hudson Valley Foie Gras, two of the nation's last producers, argue that their farming methods are more humane than industrial factory operations and should be protected by state agricultural laws from local bans like NYC's. These farms rely heavily on access to the NYC market for their business. The state's highest court is now being asked to take up a final appeal in this case, which could potentially lift the ban and allow foie gras sales to continue in New York City.

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As the city’s 2019 ban on foie gras sales kicks in after years of litigation, the state’s highest court should take up a final appeal that could settle this issue — and lift the ban. uncertain

that → kick → ban

In February 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the measure banning the French delicacy citywide by 2022 in response to animal-rights activists’ claims that the process is cruel to the birds who provide the livers. uncertain

who → sign → livers

Foie gras, French for “fatty liver,” is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese through a tube-feeding process before harvesting. asserted

gras → produce → harvesting

New York City restaurants and distributors generate a good chunk of their business, so plaintiffs La Belle Farm and Hudson Valley Foie Gras depend heavily on access to the NYC market. asserted

Farm → generate → market

The latter, one of the nation’s last producers, argues that its farming methods are more humane than industrial factory operations; plus, state agricultural laws should override local bans, protecting Hudson Valley and Sullivan County producers and their hundreds of workers (many of them immigrants) from NYC’s diktats. asserted

many → argue → diktats

Whatever the concerns about “factory-farmed” foods, bringing any animal to the table is arguably just as inhumane — which is why so many animal-rightsers are vegetarians or even vegans. asserted

rightsers → farm → table

That is: This is about the ethical beliefs of a tiny (but oh-so-loud) fraction of New Yorkers, however they hide behind other dubious claims like “improving global food policy. uncertain

they → hide → policy

” The ban isn’t even good for the birds it claims to protect, since the foie gras business in fact supports far larger goose and duck populations than would otherwise be economical. uncertain

business → claim → populations

Yet it’s the primacy of state law and agricultural policy that’s key here: The city has no right to dictate to farms operating hundreds of miles outside its limits by cutting off the local market. asserted

city → ’ → market

The politicians will just have to find some other way to pander to the animal-rights extremists. asserted

politicians → have → extremists

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