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The Right to Pay Cash
New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres (15th District - Central Bronx) and Alexa Tsoulis-Reay, writer for New York Magazine, talk about issues surrounding going cashless and CM Torres' proposed legislation to prohibit businesses from only accepting credit and debit cards. Andrew Rigie,executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, also joins briefly.