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9/11 Heroes 'Scammed'; Airbnb Owner Fights NYC Fine; Same-Day Voter Registration? Patch PM

Plus: Alleged dog fighter nabbed, immigration talk with a resistance leader and the latest on tomorrow's snowstorm.

Enjoying the warm weather? Don't get used to it. Here are your top stories of the day — from across all of our NYC neighborhood Patches — before we all hunker down for tonight's snowstorm:

9/11 Heroes, NFL Players 'Scammed' Out Of Settlement Money, Feds Say

A New Jersey legal finance company "targeted" 9/11 responders and NFL concussion victims then "scammed" them out of settlement money, according to a lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Bed-Stuy Airbnb Operator Fights $5K Fine

A woman who runs an Airbnb out of Bed-Stuy, one of the first casualties of New York City’s Airbnb law, said she wasn’t doing anything illegal.

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Same-Day Voter Registration In New York Proposed By Eric Schneiderman

A new bill proposed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would allow same-day voter registration and early voting in New York.


A fire at 1594 Second Ave., between 82nd and 83rd streets, injured six people and shut down traffic before it was declared under control. The mixed-use building housed retail space and Italian eatery Firenze Ristorante.


Brownsville Alleged Dog Fighter Charged With Animal Cruelty

Brownsville woman Cherise Mickens was charged with abusing neglected pit bulls that cops found in a Far Rockaway garage, the Queens DA said.


Linda Sarsour Talking Immigration Policy At Brooklyn Museum This Feb. 9

Hear the "Women's March on Washington" leader speak as part of a free panel on immigration policy tomorrow night.


VIDEO: Bushwick Attack Leaves Man With No Credit Cards, Black Eye

Cops are looking for three men who were caught on video beating up a guy on a Bushwick corner.


Goldman Sachs Demonstration: Protesters Oppose Trump In FiDi March

At least 100 protesters marched toward Goldman Sachs' office in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, decrying Donald Trump's recent comments on regulatory finance laws.


Latest Snowstorm Forecast

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