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Rockville Centre voting on pit bull, Rottweiler ban

Ingrid, a 6-year-old pit bull, seen here at

Photo credit: Newsday / Ken Sawchuk | Ingrid, a 6-year-old pit bull, seen here at Little Shelter, where she has been waiting to be adopted for the past two years. (May 16, 2010)

The Rockville Centre Village board, facing criticism from animal rights advocates for enacting a ban on pit bulls and Rottweilers, is set to vote Tuesday night on a measure to suspend the law's implementation.

The code, passed on June 8 by a vote of 4 to 1, has provoked a swift response from local and national groups, who say the act itself violates a 1997 state law that forbids municipalities...

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