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Halloween Treats for Two Childless Cat Ladies

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DEAR SENATOR VANCE,

Every Halloween, in the elevator of our NYC apartment building, there’s a sign-up sheet for residents willing to welcome pint-size treat-or-treaters. It’s never a long list, just a smattering of names of people without kids who are pressured into opening their apartments, so desperate parents have a few places where their kids can beg…

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