The New York City Cabaret Law was a dancing ban originally enacted in 1926, during Prohibition,[1] and repealed in 2017.[2] It referred to the prohibition of dancing in all New York City spaces open to the public selling food and/or drink unless they had obtained a cabaret license. It prohibited "musical entertainment, singing, dancing or other form of amusement" without a license.[3]
Critics argued that the license was expensive and difficult to obtain and that enforcement was arbitrary and weaponized against marginalized groups,[4] but proponents insisted that the law minimized noise complaints.[5]
At the time of the 2017 repeal of the law, after amendments over the years, the law required a license for cabarets, defined as:
3. "Cabaret." Any room, place or space in the city in which any
musical entertainment, singing, dancing or other form of amusement is
permitted in connection with the restaurant business or the business of
directly or indirectly selling to the public food or drink, except
eating or drinking places, which provide incidental musical
entertainment, without dancing, either by mechanical devices, or by not
more than three persons.[6]
^"Text of 1926 Cabaret Law As enacted" (PDF). Zort Music. Zort Music. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^Correal, Annie (30 October 2017). "After 91 Years, New York Will Let Its People Boogie". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^"NYC Cabaret Law text" (PDF).
^Pickens, Ashley (2017-04-03). "Historically Racist NYC Law That Prevents Dancing In Bars Is Being Petitioned". Vibe. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
^krawitz, alan (2016-03-22). "Ninety years and counting for New York City's outdated cabaret law". Metro. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
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