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City trying to get handle on resurgent bed bugs

For more and more New Yorkers, it is no longer possible to sleep tight -- the bed bugs are biting.

As complaints about the tiny bloodsuckers skyrocket, the City Council Tuesday took up a package of proposals aimed at curbing the nocturnal nuisances, which many say are rampant.

"I'm petrified to turn the lights off at night," said Mary Pane, 50, of Manhattan, who's had bed bugs for...

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