Timeline of Key Events

September 2011	POW’R Against Tobacco of Rockland County met with mayor about the policy for the first time. He had already signed a letter of support prior to that meeting.
December 2011	POW’R Against Tobacco of Rockland County and Reality Check Rockland presented the issue of point-of-sale marketing to the Village of Haverstraw Board of Trustees.
December 2011–April 2012	Contractors attended street fairs, talked to tobacco retailers, and put extra media money into radio advertisements leading up to the vote.
March 5, 2012	“This Is Tobacco Marketing” campaign launched
April 16, 2012	Regular meeting of the Village of Haverstraw Board of Trustees
	Public hearing on the advertising and sale of tobacco products to minors
	The display ban (Resolution 96–2012, Law No. 5–2012) is adopted.
June 26, 2012	Lawsuit filed in the US District Court against the village of Haverstraw seeking to overturn the ordinance.
July 9, 2012	Regular meeting of the Village of Haverstraw Board of Trustees
	Village attorney informed the board about the lawsuit regarding the newly adopted Local Law No. 5–2012 to restrict tobacco product displays in all stores in the village that are accessible to minors.
	Resolution 166–2012 adopted by the board to delay implementation of the law for 6 months at tobacco companies’ request, moving the timeframe from October 2012 to April 2013.
July 16, 2012	Special meeting of the Village of Haverstraw Board of Trustee
	Board meets to address the litigation and decides to repeal the Tobacco Display Law No. 5–2012 by approving Tobacco Display Law No. 6–2012, requiring a public hearing.
	Village attorney authorized by the board to sign an agreement with the plaintiff’s attorneys to dismiss the lawsuit against the village 5 days after the village rescinds the Tobacco Display Law.
August 13, 2012	Public hearing wherein the board passed Local Law No. 6, which rescinded Local Law No. 5, repealing the tobacco display ban