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An upstart challenger for the New York City mayor's office is calling out Bill de Blasio's "baffling" claim that the city has ended marijuana arrests – and he's pushing for the city to decriminalize possession of the drug. The mayor made the comments during a talk at a Democratic...

Mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on a pledge to tone down the NYPD's practice of turning possession of small amounts of marijuana into a crime, when officially it is supposed to be treated like a traffic ticket. So it may come as a surprise that marijuana arrests are up nearly a third so far this...