One local councillor condemned the move as an aggressive act against Sydney's lesbian and gay community.

BBC: Sydney row over removal of rainbow road crossing

In 2001, Mr. Spitzer used the Martin Act, an aggressive New York state law created in 1921, to shed light on Wall Street's research practices.

WSJ: When Regulators Go Rogue

They revealed an unwillingness to share data which broke the spirit, if not the letter, of Britain's Freedom of Information act, an aggressive attitude to the peer review of papers by opponents and an apparent willingness to hedge science in the face of politics.

ECONOMIST: Climate science