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Politics

Holden calls out Mayor Adams—will he reopen ICE office on Rikers Island and tackle migrant crime?

By Bill Parry

Rikers Island

AMNY

Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver

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Springfield Gardens

Rikers Island correction officer charged with rape of woman at his Springfield Gardens home: DA

By Bill Parry

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News

Queens judge orders Harvey Weinstein detained on Rikers Island pending Manhattan sex crimes retrial

By Bill Parry

A jail on Rikers Island.

AMNY

Advocates slam proposed 2031 deadline to complete new jails in Queens, Bronx

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Politics

Queens congressional candidate believes Rikers ‘is the right location’ and needs to stay open

By Ethan Marshall

Another Rikers Island suicide draws outrage

AMNY

NYC electeds spar over conditions at Rikers Island as federal takeover looms

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East Elmhurst man faces up to 50 years to life in prison for allegedly killing his own mother, brother: DA

By Bill Parry

AMNY

Third Rikers detainee dies this year as Adams admin pushes back on damning federal report

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AMNY

Council members intro plan to reduce Rikers population by nearly 3,000

Assembly Member Latrice Walker

AMNY

Brooklyn Assembly Member to start hunger strike for the second year running to protest Hochul’s proposed bail changes

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AMNY

City jails boss avoids providing up-to-date timeline on Rikers’ closure during council hearing

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AMNY

Correction Commissioner Louis Molina talks contraband and the state of medical services at Rikers Island

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AMNY

Up close and personal: amNewYork sits down with Correction Commissioner Louis Molina about fate of Rikers Island

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PoliticsNY

Zeldin decries law that limits solitary confinement use as he gets city corrections officers’ union’s backing

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PoliticsNY

Op-Ed: Treatment Not Jail, A Moral Imperative

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AMNY

‘Rikers Island is a hellhole’: City pols, Corrections Department spar over surprise visit amid heatwave

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PoliticsNY

Mayor Adams says circumstances crucial to understanding recent Rikers Island deaths

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AMNY

Op-ed: Backing bail rollbacks? You haven’t seen Rikers up close

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Astoria

Suspect in Manhattan fatal shoving incident lived at Shore Towers in Astoria

By Bill Parry

Police Line on the Crime Scene

PoliticsNY

Adams presses to Tweak Criminal Justice Laws as Rikers Inmate Population Grows

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Bronx Times

In wake of 1st inmate death at Rikers this year, activists call for facility’s closure and mass decarceration

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People

Queens councilman tries to bring back solitary confinement at city jails for inmates under 21

By Julia Moro

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When visitors were banned from Rikers Island, even more drugs showed up

By George Joseph and Reuven Blau, THE CITY

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