{"id":161789,"date":"2026-03-12T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161789\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:34:10","slug":"nyc-can-enforce-controversial-ban-on-foie-gras-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161789\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC can enforce controversial ban on foie gras, court rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City can ban foie gras sales, a state court ruled Thursday \u2014 the latest twist in a long-running saga that could clear the delicacy from local French restaurants\u2019 menus.<\/p>\n<p>But the bombshell appeals court decision still doesn\u2019t mean the fatty French\u00a0p\u00e2t\u00e9\u00a0will be barred in the Big Apple anytime soon, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Judges at the mid-level Appellate Division for the Third Department found that Albany cannot stop the city\u2019s 2019 ban on\u00a0selling the succulent treat\u00a0\u2014\u00a0which is made from the fattened livers of force-fed ducks or geese\u00a0\u2014 just because of negative impacts to farmers in upstate districts.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38762189\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/061819-animal-activists-gather-steps-21034681.jpg\" alt=\"Animal activists protest against foie gras and the inhumane force-feeding of birds at NYC's City Hall.\" class=\"wp-image-38762189\"  \/>New York City can ban foie gras sales, a state court ruled Thursday, which could potentially clear the delicacy from local French restaurants\u2019 menus. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing supports the conclusion that the Legislature intended for local governments\u2019 lawmaking authority under home rule to be limited by potential effects to agricultural districts elsewhere in the state,\u201d the panel ruled in a 5-0 decision.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s administration \u2014 which has been locked in a legal battle with the city over the issue for years \u2014 must now decided whether to ask the state\u2019s highest court, the Court of Appeals, to take the case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/12\/us-news\/nyc-ny-politics-live-updates-march-12-13-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the Big Apple is currently barred \u2014 as a result of a separate lawsuit filed by the foie gras industry \u2014 from enforcing the ban until it wins a final, non-appealable order in that case, a city Law Department spokesman told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s ruling came after a lower level Albany court sided with the state and threw out the foie gras ban in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The city first tried to shelve foie gras sales in October 2019 under Mayor Bill de Blasio, when the City Council\u00a0approved the measure as part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/10\/30\/city-council-approves-foie-gras-ban-other-animal-rights-measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sweeping package of animal rights bills<\/a>\u00a0that also included tightening the reins on the horse carriage industry.<\/p>\n<p>Animal rights activists \u2013 who cheered Thursday\u2019s decision \u2013 argue that producing foie gras is inhumane because it involves force feeding geese or ducks by inserting a foot-long tube filled with grain and fat into the fowl\u2019s throats multiple times per day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s ruling not only upholds the city\u2019s ability to make decisions in the best interest of its residents, human and nonhuman alike, but also shows the power of citizens coming together for justice and compassion,\u201d said Allie Taylor, President of Voters For Animal Rights, in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City can ban foie gras sales, a state court ruled Thursday \u2014 the latest twist in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4241,26689,419,66717,2474,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":["post-161789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-albany","tag-bans","tag-courts","tag-food-recalls","tag-food-trends","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}