Mayor vows to ban cell phones in BK, city schools

In his weekly radio address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told listeners he plans to ban cell phones from Brooklyn and city schools. Bloomberg says cell phones are no better then guns, knives and box cutters.

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Apr 29, 2006, 2:21 PM

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Mayor vows to ban cell phones in BK, city schools

In his weekly radio address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told listeners he plans to ban cell phones from Brooklyn and city schools. Bloomberg says cell phones are no better then guns, knives and box cutters.

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