RackedWire: Now, Pay No Tax On Modernica's Furniture

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ONLINE—Though furniture store Modernica is closed, shoppers can still purchase items via their website, and now won't have to pay sales tax. Though we're sure that some sort of shipping charges will apply. But you'd most likely have furniture shipped anyway, so...you're probably better off now that they're gone! [RackedWire]

UPPER WEST SIDE—Non-breaking: the cashiers at the Duane Reades on the UWS are as dead-eyed and surly as they are in every other neighborhood. [Oxfeld]