New York City

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Bretagne, a 15-year-old golden retriever that is believed to be the last surviving search dog from Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has returned to New York City as a nominee for a hero dog award. (Today.com)

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** FILE ** New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a press conference alongside first lady Chirlane McCray, right, following a multifaith roundtable meeting Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in New York, spawned by the death of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who was placed in an apparent chokehold by a police officer, The mayor says he believes the meeting can help a city gripped by protests and distrust of the police in some minority neighborhoods. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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** FILE ** In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media following a news conference and bill signing that authorizes New York City to lower their speed limit in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wife Abigal McGrew attend the premiere of "Sex and the City" at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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Bill Maher said in a video published Wednesday that his "life-long Liam Neeson fandom has ended," due to the actor's emphatic support for New York City's horse-drawn carriages. (PETA)

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In this Dec. 12, 2005, file photo, a rat comes briefly out of its hole at a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, before retreating at the arrival of the F train. New York City is gearing up for its latest war on rats with an army of inspectors will descend on the city’s most rat-infested neighborhoods, targeting the parks, sewers and dumping areas where rats congregate and breed. (AP Photo Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

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**FILE** Gustavo Medinna (left) and Angela Ortiz, both originally from Columbia and now living in the Queens borough of New York City, demonstrate during a rally in the city on March 18, 2009, to protest cuts to programs that teach English as a second language. (Associated Press)