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City's role in Yankee Stadium financing deal probed

WASHINGTON - A top congressional critic of the Yankee Stadium deal charged yesterday that New York City may have engaged in "willful manipulation" of property values to win IRS backing for cut-rate financing that saved the team at least $150 million.

But the city and the Yankees are standing their ground defending the deal.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) told a subcommittee hearing yesterday...

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