In Bloomberg’s New York, apparently playing chess can be a crime if you do it in the wrong park near children. It would seem New York City makes the assumption that if you’re in a park with children, you’re pretty clearly a child molester. Personally, I think this is probably more a case of wealthy New Yorkers not wanting their kids around scary homeless people. New Yorkers are remarkably tolerant folks, you know.
Hat Tip to Cam Edwards
According to my daughter who lived in NYC until a few weeks ago, this is more about the homeless–they have similar rules for dog parks