Business owners on Intervale Ave. in the Bronx complain of petty ticket blitz
Some say the summonses target Latino and black shopkeepers who don’t have the money or strength to fight. City says fines are for trash. 
Tanay Warerkar | New York Daily News

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Store owners in the poor and majority minority neighborhood allege they are being targeted unfairly in a money-making scheme by city agencies because they don’t have the means to defend themselves.

A Department of Consumer Affairs spokeswoman denied the city was unfairly targeting the neighborhood.

“There is no truth to this at all,” said agency spokeswoman Katyusca Abreu. “Every retail business in the Bronx, and throughout the city, is subject to the same legal protections (the department) enforces to protect New York consumers.”

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