The city complies with the state law on issuing permits to veterans, said Jessica Scaperotti, a spokeswoman for the city's health department, which issues permits for food pushcarts.
Last month, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a class-action suit charging that the department had overstepped its authority by appropriating federal responsibility for immigration, overriding state law on issuing licenses and ignoring due process.
A state crackdown that is projected to take away the driver's licenses of hundreds of thousands of immigrant New Yorkers is unlawful because it usurps federal responsibility for immigration, oversteps state law on issuing licenses and ignores due process, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund charged in a class-action lawsuit expected to be filed today.
Latvia also had to demonstrate that its laws on issues like central bank independence are in line with European Union standards.
The restrictions are a matter not of laws — on issues like gender equality, the laws are more progressive than in most Arab countries — but of social norms.
In the past two years, she has written six laws, on issues from health care to campaign finance reform, and held more than 67 meetings and oversight hearings.
Other people publishing on the internet, such as bloggers and tweeters, are not regulated as such, but are covered by laws on issues such as libel and contempt of court.
As well as having a role in setting the budget and the EU's spending priorities - including the billions of pounds in economic aid that come to Wales - MEPs decide EU-wide laws on issues like the environment, employment law and trade.
The Parliament is able to debate any issue (including those reserved to Westminster) but is unable to make laws on issues that are outside its legislative competence.
