Banned! Floating billboards flushed from New York City waters
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that bans floating billboards from New York City waterways.
Legislators and locals alike have been railing against the floating ads — projected from 60-foot-wide and 20-foot-high LED screens atop barges — since last year. Complaints ranged from the “eyesore” nature of the billboards to the potential danger their presence could cause to passing distracted drivers.
“We go to the waterfront to find peace of mind, not a neon sign,” State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, who represents a swath of southern Brooklyn, told the Brooklyn Eagle earlier this summer.