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Suburban NY Mayor Vetoes Bed Bug Bill

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The mayor of Yonkers has vetoed a bedbug-control bill that would have required old mattresses to be wrapped in plastic bags.

| January 20, 2011

NEW YORK — The mayor of Yonkers has vetoed a bedbug-control bill that would have required old mattresses to be wrapped in plastic bags.

Mayor Phil Amicone says the legislation made “a mountain out of a mole hill.”

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