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Rick Orlov's Tipoff column in today's Daily News quotes the best line that the late city councilman from "the great Ninth District" (as Lindsay used to say) ever mangled. During a lingering debate in the council chambers, Lindsay moaned, "The problem with City Hall is that it takes too long to get nothing done."
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