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crackdowns Aug. 30, 2021

Xi Jinping’s Simple Solution for Youth Video-Game AddictionChina’s approach is just a tad heavy-handed.

By Benjamin Hart
crackdowns May 16, 2016

Women Arrested in Iran for Not Wearing Headscarves in Instagram PhotosThere’s been a crackdown on Instagram activity.

By Gabriella Paiella
crackdowns May 28, 2015

Resort Town That Banned Mankinis Is Thriving Crime is down, tourism is up.

By Erica Schwiegershausen

pda prohibition Sept. 17, 2013

Vienna Cracks Down on Transit PDANo more making out on the train.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
Money Troubles May 2, 2012

Cake Shop Is Still Open But Needs to Raise $50K by Mid-JuneThey’re looking for investors.

By Jenny Miller
Crackdowns Aug. 8, 2011

Culturefix Raided, AgainWe would love to know what exactly is going on on the Lower East Side.

By Jenny Miller
Truckin’ July 13, 2011

Food Trucks Exiled to Staten IslandAnd Queens.

By Jenny Miller
Truckin’ July 6, 2011

As Crackdowns Continue, Food Trucks Try to CopeSwitching to carts and staying off Twitter are two strategies.

By Jenny Miller
Temporary Closings June 20, 2011

Welcome to the Johnsons Is Latest LES-Crackdown VictimThe bar was reportedly busted on Friday night.

By Jenny Miller
iran June 14, 2011

Iranian Men Must Remove Their Charm NecklacesTehran’s moral police are cracking down on jewelry.

By Julie Gerstein
video Apr. 19, 2011

Robin Williams Got Pulled Over While Riding His Bike and Lived to Tell About ItHappens to the best of us.

By Sarah Frank
enemies of the state Apr. 15, 2011

Watch NYPD Crackdown on Sidewalk Biker Lead to an Arrest“My ni***a went to Princeton.”

By Nitasha Tiku
the future is coming Dec. 9, 2010

Fake Mayors of Foursquare, Your Days Are NumberedThey’re onto your mobile web games.

By Nitasha Tiku

crackdowns Apr. 3, 2010

Labor Department to Rescue College Kids From Illegal Unpaid InternshipsNo more sweeping office floors!

By Adam K. Raymond
crackdowns Jan. 4, 2010

Governor Paterson and Reverend Sharpton to Stop Bodegas From Selling Creatively Named Homemade BoozeSay good-bye to Nutcracker, SpongeBob, and Finding Nemo.

By Adam K. Raymond
Mediavore Oct. 14, 2009

Brooklyn Street-Food Crackdown; Cracker Jack Still SellingPlus: The WWE takes on sommeliers, and the Empire Room hopes to lure locals to 34th Street, all in our morning news roundup.

By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Crackdowns Oct. 8, 2009

Papers Indicate Jane Ballroom Is Closed Owing to Permit ViolationsMaybe for Halloween we can all dress up as zombies and crawl the eerily abandoned hot spots of the West Village.

By Daniel Maurer