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Mayor Bill de Blasio aims to reverse ban on cellphones in NYC public schools

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will reverse the last administration's ban on cellphones inside New York City public schools. The no cellphone policy put in place by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is

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Sep 25, 2014, 1:47 AM

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