20 cities make cut in NYC mayor’s $9M contest

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NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty cities from Chicago to Springfield, Ore., are finalists in a $9 million urban-innovation contest created by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The cities were to be announced Monday by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the billionaire politician’s personal foundation. The list is being unveiled as Bloomberg himself grapples with the unprecedented challenges that Superstorm Sandy created in New York.

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