NEW YORK—A new regulation comes into effect at midnight on Oct. 22, banning New York restaurants and bars from serving non-tobacco hookah without a permit.
Dozens of bar owners that offer the water pipes gathered on the steps of New York City Hall on Oct. 22 to ask officials to give them more time to apply for permits. They want to renegotiate the rules, which they say are unfair and will cause many businesses to close.
