Adult businesses in New York City won a temporary reprieve Wednesday when an appeals court judge agreed to bar the city from immediately enforcing a decision allowing it to shut down scores of establishments, the New York Daily News reported.
Appellate Division Justice Eugene Nardelli issued a stay of the unanimous decision he wrote enforcing strict new zoning laws that could close about 100 sex-related businesses, according to the report.
Herald Price Fahringer, attorney for about 75 of the businesses, said the stay would be in effect while a full Appellate Division panel decides whether the case will go to the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
Fahringer and another attorney, Martin Mehler, who represents three strip clubs, said they are confident the Court of Appeals will hear the case, according to the newspaper.
"We are saying this is a First Amendment issue. This is a constitutional issue," Mehler told the Daily News.
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