I found this at
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2000/dec/18/121800447.html
and it states:
December 18, 2000 ... Ferret Owners Challenge NYC Ban ... ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
[Moderator's note: Please go to the above link to read the article.  I
can't post it here due to copyright restrictions, but, of course, I do
appreciate the post.
 
I also received the following URL from Alicia at Ferretwise:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/xnyap/20001218/lo/ferret_ban_1.html
 
And Wayne & Nancy Wellington <[log in to unmask]> also forwarded an
article from the "LV Review Journal 12/19/2000" which I couldn't include,
again due to copyright.
 
Thanks to all!  BIG]
[Posted in FML issue 3272]