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Upper West Side Couple Settles Suit Over a Neighbor’s Smoke 

The war over secondhand smoke at the Ansonia has ended.

A couple at the Ansonia, a historic Upper West Side apartment building, who had sued a neighbor over her wafting cigarette smoke have agreed to settle their lawsuit, one of the plaintiffs said on Monday.

The plaintiffs -- Jonathan Selbin and his wife, Jenny, both lawyers -- had sued their fourth-floor neighbor, Galila Huff, claiming that smoke seeping from her condo into the common hallway was jeopardizing the health of the Selbins' young son.

Mr. Selbin confirmed the settlement and said Ms. Huff had agreed to take steps to minimize the spread of her smoke.

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