Are you one of those kind-hearted people with a nice little garden, more veggies than you can possible eat yourself who takes the time to drop off your extras to the local homeless shelter? Or perhaps you have your own little bakery or grocery store, and you gladly take your day olds to the homeless. If you live in New York City, your generosity is no longer welcome, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned food donations to the homeless.

You knew that the mayor was one of the one percent, but how could he possibly be so cruel to those most in need? The details from the video above from CBS Local News:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s food police have struck again! Outlawed are food donations to homeless shelters because the city can’t assess their salt, fat and fiber content, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.

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But Mayor Bloomberg, a salt-aholic himself, was unapologetic. “For the things that we run because of all sorts of safety reasons, we just have a policy it is my understanding of not taking donations,” Bloomberg said. Told that his administration recently enacted the policy, the mayor was Grinch-like. “If they did in the past they shouldn’t have done it and we shouldn’t have accepted it,” Bloomberg said.

Imagine that, people freely sharing their bounty with their fellow man. Bah, humbug!

More on this via Laura Clawson at Daily Kos: