Por: New York Post Opinion October 18, 2023
The latest Rikers Island scandal predates Eric Adams’ mayoralty, but the fact that it is fresh proof of how entrenched the rot is. The Department of Investigation report dates to 2021, but it was late 2020 that DOI found more than $780,000 in unused equipment in a closed Rikers facility, including a beyond-sweet hangout space with leather sofas, a big-screen TV and a mini-fridge. Most of the cached tools, snowblowers and other goods were... + full article
New York Daily News USA Politics July 19, 2023
Mayor Adams defended his handling of Rikers Island on Tuesday in his first public rebuttal to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ announcement a day earlier that the long-troubled jail complex should be put under federal receivership. Williams put out a statement Monday afternoon... + más
NYC elected officials rip Mayor Adams over ‘inconsistent’ plan to close Rikers Island by 2027 | New York Daily News
NYC may house inmates at half-finished Brooklyn jail to comply with ‘flawed’ Rikers Island closing plan: Mayor Adams | New York Daily News
New York Daily News USA Politics June 24, 2023
A progressive Democrat trying to unseat Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark in the upcoming primary is trying to turn the incumbent’s promises about reforming violence-plagued Riker’s Island against her. In 2016, when Clark first opened her Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau... + más
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New York Daily News USA Politics March 17, 2023
In an unusually forceful rebuke, Mayor Adams’ two fellow citywide elected officials and the City Council speaker joined Thursday to blast what they see as his wavering commitment to shut down Rikers Island by a 2027 deadline. The deadline was established by City Council... + más
NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renews push to shut down Rikers Island in State of the City speech | New York Daily News
New York Daily News USA Politics March 16, 2023
Mayor Adams suggested Wednesday that his administration may have to house inmates at a half-finished Brooklyn jail in order to comply with the city’s plan to shutter Rikers Island by 2027. The Brooklyn jail, set to be built at the site of the old House of Detention on Atlantic... + más
Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure | Associated Press
Newly obtained images shed more light on stomach-turning conditions at Rikers | New York Post
New York Daily News USA Politics March 08, 2023
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renewed a yearslong push to permanently close Rikers Island in her annual State of the City address Wednesday, saying the jail “is no longer serving our city.” Adams made the argument that advancing the plan to close the jail... + más
Associated Press USA Entertainment January 17, 2023
This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)“Rikers: An Oral... + más
Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure | ABC News
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New York Post USA Nation September 29, 2022
Newly obtained images from Rikers Island have shed more light on the deplorable conditions inside the troubled jail system. The photos, presented to Manhattan prosecutors by the last month, give a glimpse into the hellish realities faced by inmates on Rikers amid an agency-wide... + más
NYC inmate dies after jumping from floating jail into East River | CBS News
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