NY town OKs ban on booing at board meetings

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Cheers? Yes. Jeers? Not so much.  

Officials in the New York town of Riverhead, in eastern Long Island, have adopted a code of public behavior for town hall meetings that bans booing.  

Newsday reports the Riverhead Town Board voted 4-1 to approve the proposal earlier this week. Councilman James Wooten was the lone dissenter.  

The town council deleted a measure that also would have banned applause.  

There are no penalties for violators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Associated Press