The New York City ban on foie gras is apparently in violation of NY state law.  The New York City Ordinance enacted in 2019 banned restaurants and retailers from serving and selling foie gras.  Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban included La Belle Farm and Hudson Valley Foie Gras, representing the two major state producers.

The Chief Legal Counsel to the state of New York has requested New York City to rescind the ban on product distributed by the two producers.

A 2012 ban imposed by the State of California was overturned in 2015 but upheld in 2017 and subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019.