NYC hotel forced to banish beloved cat from lobby

NEW YORK (AP) — The fur is flying at New York City's Algonquin Hotel, where the literary lights of the Round Table used to exchange witty remarks over lunch.

One of the hotel's other traditions is the succession of cats that have had free run of the place for 80 years. But that tradition has ended.

The New York Post reports (http://nyp.st/tS5dnn ) that city health inspectors have banned the current cat, Matilda, from roaming the lobby.

The city Department of …