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Marcy Place residents: Police left decomposing body in apartment for 3 days

Residents at Marcy Place are wondering why officials didn't respond sooner to requests to recover a dead body found in their apartment building. Building superintendent Jose Ortiz says he immediately

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Sep 14, 2015, 6:06 PM

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