Aromas threaten veteran coffee firm

By Bruce Kamich

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wake up and smell the coffee? Maybe not in Brooklyn.

Millions of java addicts think that the aroma of freshly roasted coffee is heavenly, but to the Department of Environmental Protection of New York City the "fugitive doors" from a 160-year-old coffee company are unlawful air contaminants.

Acting after a complaint lodged by a neighbour, the city cited Gillies Coffee of Brooklyn with a violation of the air pollution control code.

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