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New York's Raines Law meant to crack down on drinking, but it instead gave rise to an industry of hotel brothels.
The social evil in New York city : a study of law enforcement; Research Committee of the Committee of Fourteen. (1912, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919–1924). Annual Report; Research Committee of the Committee of Fourteen. (1914-1915). Annual Report
The New York State liquor tax law of 1896, also known as the Raines law, was authored by the New York State Senator John Raines and adopted in the New York State Legislature on March 23, 1896. [1] It took effect on April 1, 1896, was amended in 1917 and repealed in 1923.
John Raines (May 6, 1840, in Geneva, Ontario County, New York – December 16, 1909, in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He authored the 1896 Raines Law , which prohibited liquor sales on Sundays, except in hotels, which had the unintended consequence of fostering prostitution .
The Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage called New York City the "modern Gomorrah" for allowing the Tenderloin to exist. Early in the 19th century, the major vice district had been located in what is now SoHo, called at the time "Hells' Hundred Acres", but as the city grew steadily northward, the theater district along Broadway and the Bowery moved uptown as well, as did the legitimate and ...
Luigi Mangione had a busy Thursday, with a whirlwind two-state courthouse tour turned spectacle featuring a helicopter ride, a throng of escorts – including the mayor of New York City at one ...
The Benjamin Moore Estate, also known as Chelsea, is a historic estate located at Muttontown in Nassau County, New York. It was designed in 1923–1924 by architect William Adams Delano (1874–1960) for Benjamin Moore and Alexandra Emery. The manor house is an eclectic Chinese and French Renaissance style inspired dwelling.
A new sex trend among college students is getting attention on TikTok − and it has doctors worried. That trend is using honey packets, a controversial supplement marketed for sexual enhancement .