Women can walk around topless in New York.
If you’ve been to New York, you’d question why this was such a pressing matter that someone took the time to put it into legislation. For 80% of the year in New York, it’s a bit cold for going topless.
The ruling was first made in 1992, following the case known as The People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss. During that case, multiple women were arrested for violating decency laws. Like with many places where being topless is legal, it was argued then that it was discriminatory because the same standard wasn’t help to men.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the women, and it’s been legal ever since. Meanwhile, San Francisco could be in the process of banning nudity.
