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COPYRIGHT 2003 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
As banks go, the HSBC at 265 Broadway, across the street from City Hall Park, is fairly inviting. A sign--"Welcome to the City Hall Branch”--greets you as you walk in, and a TV hangs from the ceiling, broadcasting CNBC. Four red chairs face the screen. If market analysis isn't your thing, you can always just sit and chat on a cell phone while you wait, as one woman was doing the other day. There wasn't anyone at HSBC to receive her; nor was there anyone sitting at the Customer Service station, or at the Investment Services desk. But then if you were a bank robber this, too, might seem welcoming.
Bank robbers are surprisingly abundant in the city these days. Through the first four months of this year, New York has averaged more than one and a half bank heists a...
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