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February 15, 2013
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New York City is suing seven ultra-Orthodox business-owners for posting modesty guidelines in their stores, located along a two-block stretch of Lee Avenue, Williamsburg’s main Hasidic shopping street. The signs read: “No shorts, no barefoot, no sleeveless, no low cut neckline allowed in this store.”

New York City is suing seven ultra-Orthodox business-owners for posting modesty guidelines in their stores, located along a two-block stretch of Lee Avenue, Williamsburg’s main Hasidic shopping street. The signs read: “No shorts, no barefoot, no sleeveless, no low cut neckline allowed in this store.”

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February 01, 2013
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Ed Koch, the Jewish mayor who became a symbol of New York City, died at 88 on Friday.  Famous for greeting constituents with “How’m I doing?,” Koch presided over some of the city’s most difficult years, from 1978 to 1989, and helped spur the recovery that would flourish under one of his successors, Rudy Giuliani.

Ed Koch, the Jewish mayor who became a symbol of New York City, died at 88 on Friday. 

Famous for greeting constituents with “How’m I doing?,” Koch presided over some of the city’s most difficult years, from 1978 to 1989, and helped spur the recovery that would flourish under one of his successors, Rudy Giuliani.

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