Gioia, Vallone hope to ban violent games from minors
City Councilmen Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside) and Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) are backing two proposed laws that would ban the sale of violent games…
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From 1892 to its official close in 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through the gates of New Yorks Ellis Island, yearning for freedom and a new life on American shores. Most of them, in one or two generations, fulfilled their dream, but
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