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achieve full compliance with local and state laws. The settlement marked a conclusion to the agency's extensive investigation into approximately 300 consumer complaints filed over the previous three years through DCA or referred to the department by other agencies including the New York State
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for $ 780 million. Sleepy's stores were slowly rebranded as
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