Luxury apartment building in New York City accused of 'dog racism'

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Residents of a luxury apartment building on New York City's Upper West Side are unhappy with the building's co-op board for demanding that they prove the breed of their dogs, sometimes even with DNA tests. One angered resident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity over fears of retaliation by the board, told DNAinfo, "It's like dog racism essentially."

Why is the co-op board demanding such proof? Turns out it believes certain dogs are a menace:

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.