New York hires ‘cigarette cop’ to go after smokers near State Capitol

The New York Post reports:

New York City’s tough smoking laws have nothing on Albany, where bureaucrats have hired a “cigarette cop” to patrol a newly expanded perimeter around the Capitol building where smoking is now prohibited.

Officials defended the hiring of a security guard whose sole assignment is to go after smokers puffing away in forbidden areas.

“Previously, the non-smoking range had been 25 feet from building entrances and was extended based on a goal of further protecting building occupants and visitors to the Capitol, many of whom are children on class or camp field trips, from second-hand smoke,” said Heather Groll, a spokeswoman for the Office of General Services.

The guard works from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., alerting smokers of the new boundary lines, which are clearly marked with dozens of signs encircling the building and half of the park space around it.

The New York "progressives" really are smoking Nazis.