The storm over snow

A brief history of New York City’s winter-weather wars, as told by the Department of Sanitation’s anthropologist-in-residence

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How effective is New York’s ban on assault weapons?

The Sandy Hook shooting last Friday has reawakened calls for assault weapons bans nationwide. Since New York is one of a handful of states to prohibit the deadly guns, it’s worth asking how well the law has worked. The law, it turns out, is pocked with loopholes.

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