Lawmakers seek to end New York's 40-year bathhouse prohibition
By John Casey · Published on The Advocate
More than four decades after New York shut down adult saunas during the height of the AIDS epidemic, state lawmakers are seeking to replace what they describe as an emergency-era policy with a modern regulatory framework built around today's public health science. This week, state Sen. Erik Bottcher, a Manhattan Democrat, and Assemblymember Tony Simone introduced the Public Health Modernization Act, legislation that would repeal state regulations dating to 1985 that effectively prohibited adult