Bloomberg's New Law: Purchase of Cigarettes 21 and Over Only

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has just passed a brand new law changing the legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. The law will be affective six months from now, when the city of New York will then have the "strictest limits on tobacco purchases" says the New York Times.

NYC's Elite High School Host Less Latinos and Blacks Than a Few Years Ago

The Latino and black student population has dwindled greatly in NYC's elite specialized high schools over the last five years, but the next elected mayor could reverse this.
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