"redistribute wealth".. sound byte alert. sound byte alert.
They're more commonly and historically known as taxes.
No need to go all "class warfare" with it.
Besides, it's only a NY City thing. They also ban concealed weapons there even if you have a license from the state.
And as for the OP, they already banned transfats for fried foods and require calorie counts for junk foods. So... yeah pretty much all of it is done by government in it's role as regulator.
Thats not a position, just a statement of where it's kind of at.