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Syracuse Tobacco Retailers Map
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Friday signed a new city law that limits how many retailers will be able to sell tobacco products and where they can sell them. The mayor’s signature follows a public hearing on the law held Monday. Four people spoke, all in support of the measure. The Syracuse Common Council passed the law unanimously at its Sept. 5 meeting. The new local law creates a tobacco product retail licensing system within the city. Businesses licensed by the state to sell tobacco products, including vaping materials, will now have to apply annually for a city license, as well.
Tobacco Retailers and Race
I was curious of tobacco retailers choose to locate their businesses in minority communities.
This seems true -- though I would caution that minority communities have more bodegas and fewer people with motor vehicles, so the presence of tobacco retailers might not be as large as the maps would suggest, as people with cars can cover more distance then people on foot.