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Consumer Advocates Ask Regulators To Investigate T-Mobile Over Advertising,...
Those two-year mobile phone contracts we all signed for so long became a relic of the past pretty quickly over the last two years, with national providers all abandoning ship. T-Mobile moved to...
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Court Temporarily Blocks DraftKings, FanDuel From Doing Business In New York...
UPDATE: DraftKings says it was able to get the court to hold off on enforcing the injunction pending an appeal of today’s ruling. That means DraftKings will remain operational in New York state for the...
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Not So Fast, New York: DraftKings Says It’s Still Able To Operate In New York...
Earlier this morning, a New York Supreme Court judge granted the state’s temporary injunction against DraftKings and FanDuel, blocking the daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites from doing business in the...
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New Yorkers: Here’s How To Help Make Sure You Get The Internet Speed You Pay For
Back in October, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent letters to three of the state’s biggest broadband providers — Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, and Verizon — seeking information about...
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30 Online Retailers Agree To Stop Selling Toy Guns That Look Like The Real...
After an investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a long list of online retailers that sold authentic-looking toy guns through Amazon.com have now agreed to stop peddling the toys...
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New York Company Says It Will Be The First To Offer Kosher Certified Medical...
There are all kinds of foods that can be kosher, so why not marijuana? A pot grower in New York says its products have been certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, and will be ready to go when the...
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New York Program Will Pay For Two Years Of Recent Graduates’ Student Loans
For many recent graduates, repaying their education debt obligations can be a struggle. For some in New York, that struggle just got a little less cumbersome thanks to a recently launched student loan...
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New York City Bans Hoverboards On Buses, Trains
If you live in New York City and plan to ride the subway or hop on a city bus, you better leave your “hoverboard” at home. The state’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Wednesday that it...
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New York Attorney General Calls For Caps On Ticket Resale Prices, Outlawing...
When you go to buy tickets for a popular concert or sporting event, you likely know that you’ll ultimately have to make your purchase from a ticket reseller who will mark up the price to try maximize...
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Citi Now Blocking DraftKings, FanDuel Transactions In New York State
With the legality of daily fantasy sports [DFS] sites like DraftKings and FanDuel currently tied up in legal limbo for New York residents, Citigroup confirmed today that it is now blocking its...
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Morgan Stanley To Pay $3.2 Billion To Settle State & Federal Mortgage Cases
Almost exactly a year after Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $2.6 billion to close the books on a Department of Justice investigation related to it role in the subprime mortgage crisis, the company is set...
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Appeals Court Reinstates Fraud Case Against Trump University
Back in Aug. 2013, the New York state attorney general’s office sued Donald Trump and Trump University, alleging that the for-profit investment school had tricked students out of $40 million by...
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DraftKings, FanDuel Stop Doing Business In New York State
In the middle of their courtroom fight with New York state over the legality of daily fantasy sports [DFS] contests, both DraftKings and FanDuel have agreed to stop doing business with Empire State...
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New York Bill Would Require Drivers Involved In Crashes To Submit Phones To...
Would a requirement to submit your phone to field testing to determine if you were texting or otherwise using the device before a motor vehicle crash prevent you from engaging in distracted driving?...
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Legislators Put The Kibosh On New York’s Tampon Sales Tax
Tampons are about to get a little bit cheaper for New York residents, after the state’s senate unanimously approved a bill that exempts feminine hygiene products from sales tax. The bill was sponsored...
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Walgreens, Duane Reade To Pay $500,000 For Overcharging, Misleading Customers
When you see a “sale” price on a store shelf, you expect to pay that price at the register. When you see something marked as a “Great Buy,” you might believe that it’s been discounted. And when a store...
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Why Is An Old Billboard A Treasured Symbol But A New One Is An Eyesore?
If someone told you today that a new, brightly lit neon sign was going up across the street from where you live, you might react with disgust at the thought of such a commercial eyesore invading the...
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Construction Workers Caught Forklifting Cars Onto Sidewalks
In New York City, construction companies can get temporary “No Parking” orders to make it easier to move their equipment and materials in and around a job site. And while drivers who ignore these signs...
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143 NY Nail Salons Ordered To Pay Employees $2M In Back Wages
The New York task force created last year by the state to combat nail salon labor abuses is having an effect on the industry, with the group announcing today that it’s ordered a slew of nail salons to...
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Group That Is Totally Not A Union Can Represent New York City’s Uber Drivers
The people who drive for Uber in New York City are independent contractors and not employees of the ride-hailing service, at least according to current laws. Drivers know that, but want a union-like...
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