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FILE - In this July 24, 2014 photo, Rolando Perez, Jr., 13, holds an undated photo of himself as a baby being held by his father Rolando Perez, from his family's album, in the Bronx borough of New York. New York City has reached a $3.5 million settlement in a lawsuit filed over the 2014 death of Rolando Perez, a Rikers Island inmate who records show was deprived of seizure medication. The New York Daily News reports the city agreed last week to pay the money to the girlfriend of Rolando Perez, mother of his now-18-year-old son. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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