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New Yorkers react to mayor’s push to ban plastic foam

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A bag of foam cups are for sale Thursday in New York .

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A McDonald's breakfast Thursday at a restaurant in New York. The pancakes and sausage are served on a foam tray and coffee is served in a foam cup.

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking Friday morning on WOR radio, touted both the environmental and economic benefits of banning polystyrene foam.