> M>>> The New York Times
>>> "At that point, I was kind of irritated at myself. I mean, a hotel
>>> lobby is, like, a public place, right? They claim the right to
>>> demand ID just to come in?"
>> No, a hotel lobby is NOT a public place. It is private property and
>> the owner may require such security checks as the owner deems
>> appropriate.
> "NOT a public place" would imply that the no-smoking ban in NY is a crock.
In New York City, quite a few hotel lobbies _are_ public places, because the hotel got a zoning variance in return for making its lobby a public place.
Seth