Raines law hotel. State statutes allowed that any business was considered a hotel if it had 10 rooms for lodging and served sandwiches with its liquor. Saloons quickly found a loophole by adding small furnished bedrooms and applying for a hotel license. Dozens of "Raines law hotels," often located directly above saloons, opened. As a contemporary source put it, "This offered a premium on the transformation of saloons into hotels with bedrooms and led to unlooked-for evils" (an increase in prostitution), as the rooms in many "Raines law hotels" were used mostly by prostitutes and unmarried couples. (In some cases these rooms
Law enforcement in New York State Criminal Procedure Law. Some agencies permit their peace officers to carry a firearm through their employer, MTA Bridges and Tunnels, New York City Department of Correction, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and New York State Court Officers. The following agencies are not authorized the use of firearm as per New York State Criminal Procedure law Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department, New York City Department of Health and Hospitals Police, New York City Department of Homeless Services Police, City University of New York Public Safety Department, New York City Parks Enforcement Patrol. The following public safety