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In New York ... the map was initially built to accompany another Times article. Last year, a state law that prohibited guns in Times Square required city officials to define the area’s borders ...

Aleks Phillips is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime.