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Mayor Eric Adams, an avowed booster of New York Citys nightlife scene, is dismantling a decades-old, multiagency enforcement task force that has long been accused of using heavy-handed tactics during inspections at bars and venues across the Big Apple. The so-called MARCH task force, which has comprised the NYPD, the Department of Buildings, the FDNY, the State Liquor Authority and other agencies, will be replaced by a new initiative called CURE Coordinating a United Resolution with Establishments thats going to focus on compliance and education, not overenforcement, Adams told reporte