Morning Read: Mayoral Rap Sheets, Joe Lhota’s Wild Ride, Cuomo Gets Creative...
Prospective 2013 Mayoral candidates Chris Quinn and Bill de Blasio would really like you to know that they've been arrested multiple times--for civil disobedience. New MTA boss, Joe Lhota, had a rough...
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Bloomberg Sees Smokers Rolling, Hates It
Michael Bloomberg fired another shot in the city's decade-long war on smoking today, announcing a lawsuit against a small chain of hole-in-the wall shops offering a pack of cigarettes for as little as...
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Mayor Bloomberg: ‘We Interfere With Free Enterprise All the Time’
(Photo: Getty) On the 10th anniversary of New York City banning smoking in bars and restaurants, Mayor Michael Bloomberg rebuffed any claims that his controversial public health policies violate the...
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Convenience Store Group Slams City’s Move to Raise Smoking Age
(Photo: Getty) Earlier today, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Health Commissioner Tom Farley unveiled new legislation to raise the city's minimum age threshold for tobacco purchases from 18 to 21...
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Bloomberg Credits Britain for Inspiring Him to Raise Smoking Age
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was also skeptical about raising the age on cigarette sales. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Conde Nast) Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he, too, had his...
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Tobacco Retailers Rage Against ‘Houdini’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Robert Bookman, attorney for the NYC Newsstand Operators Association, denounces Mayor Bloomberg's bills. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been accused of many things over the years, but at a press...
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New Jersey Lawmakers Announce Smoking Age-Boosting Bill in New York
Former New Jersey Governor Richard Codey today at City Hall. (Photo: Jill Colvin) The nanny state is creeping across the border. New Jersey lawmakers traveled all the way to New York City Hall Thursday...
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