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- ibid[↩][↩]
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A video accompanying the article by a police spokesperson says the buildings were boarded up due to code violations. They were electrical violations and construction or non-permitted changing of the interiors of buildings.[↩] - Brum, R. (2017, December 11). Inside Rockland’s prostitution crackdown. Lohud. Retrieved from https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2017/12/11/inside-rocklands-prostitution-crackdown/874971001 [↩]
- ibid. – Driessen[↩]