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Fines for feeding pigeons?

Lean times for the city's iconic bird could be ahead as a city councilman is looking to fine New Yorkers for feeding pigeons their moldy slices of bread or other scraps. Councilman Simcha Felder, (D-Brooklyn), will announce a bill today that would make it illegal to feed pigeons and that would create a "pigeon czar" to be held accountable for all the city's pigeon-related complaints. The amount...

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