NYC sues FedEx for illegally shipping cigarettes to homes

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NYC sues FedEx for illegally shipping cigarettes to homes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-sues-fedex-illegally-shipping-cigarettes-homes-210332298--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DCyq.ke4bn0Xjm187PyctQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-30T210332Z_1_CBRE9BT1MIX00_RTROPTP_2_FEDEX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="FedEx delivery truck in New York" align="left" title="FedEx delivery truck in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing it of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes and seeking $52 million in fines and unpaid taxes. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, marks one of the last acts by the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose more than decade-old campaign to ban smoking in various public and private places has been credited with saving thousands of lives and become a blueprint for other cities. According to the city, package delivery company FedEx created a &quot;public nuisance&quot; through its partnership with Shinnecock Smoke Shop, located on the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation in Southampton, New York, to ship untaxed cigarettes to residential homes.</p><br clear="all"/>

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