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Wedge Issue? In Hard Times, Mayor Golfs
(By JENNIFER STEINHAUER)

Not everyone is amused. The New York Public Interest Research Group said it intended to file a formal complain to the Legislative Ethics Committee, citing a state law that bars elected officials from accepting gifts over $75, including travel, entertainment or hospitality, "under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence him, or could reasonably be expected to influence him."