But the incident has led the city and other Westchester municipalities to review their ordinances regulating adult-entertainment businesses, just as New York City is now doing.

"This gives us a great deal of encouragement," said Herald Price Fahringer, a lawyer representing 107 adult-entertainment businesses.

The new law would affect 146 of the city's 164 adult-entertainment businesses.

The move is the first step in restricting adult-entertainment businesses, an effort that the Mayor has made part of his drive to improve the quality of life in New York.

Under the law, adult-entertainment businesses are restricted to manufacturing and commercial areas designated by the city.

For decades, New York City grappled with how to strike a balance between the rights of its adult-entertainment businesses and the quality-of-life expectations of its communities.

In Yonkers, Mayor Terence Zaleski reported that his city had imposed a six-month moratorium on establishing adult-entertainment businesses pending enactment of laws to regulate them.

With its manufacturing zones and its long distance from residential areas, schools and houses of worship, the area has become one of few places left in the city for adult-entertainment businesses.

Herald Price Fahringer, a lawyer representing 107 adult-entertainment businesses, did not respond to several messages left at his office yesterday.