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Family forced to relocate after rat bites child

A Bronx family says it is forced to spend the holidays in temporary housing this year after a rodent bit a child. Jamille Andrews says she was inside her apartment when she realized her 1-year-old

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Dec 24, 2014, 7:20 PM

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