NYC bill would make buying fake designer bags illegal
Those fake designer handbags that tourists and New Yorkers like to shop for on the streets of Manhattan may soon be illegal — to buy, not just to sell.
City Councilwoman Margaret Chin is announcing Tuesday that she will introduce a bill that would criminalize the purchase of designer knockoffs.
If the bill becomes a law, buyers could face up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.
Chin tells the New York Post that she doesn't want New York to be known as the place to get counterfeit goods.
Chin's district includes Chinatown, where many street vendors peddle cheap handbags and watches.
Chin said that if the law passes she will make sure there are plenty of signs warning buyers to stay away from fake goods.
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'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
