NYCLU Applauds Court Appointment Of Independent Manager At Rikers Island
By NYCLU Photos: YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK, NY – Following years of constitutional violations at Rikers Island, a federal judge in Nunez v. City of New York ruled…
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NYCLU Denounces Mayor Adams For Reportedly Scheming To Keep Rikers Island Open
By NYCLU Photos: YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK CITY – New York City Mayor Adams is reportedly considering a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island…
Queens Resident Claims Retaliation after Reporting Judge Viscovich To FBI
Queens resident Gorgui Mbaye claims he hasn't been able to touch a penny of $276,000 of his own money in a Chase brokerage account in five years because…
PUBLIC ADVOCATE DEMANDS ANSWERS REGARDING RIKERS ISLAND COVID-19 RESPONSE
Williams: "While your current efforts to curb the impact of COVID-19 within our jails are noted, I still believe there is much more to do to curb the…
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL CHANGES CITY MAP TO CLOSE RIKERS ISLAND BY 2027
Mayor de Bill Blasio: “By guaranteeing that Rikers will never again be used for incarceration, we’re charting a new course forward for the Island and the people of…
CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES: NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS “WORSENING CULTURE OF VIOLENCE” AT RIKERS ISLAND
Each year, these Nunez reports further expose something advocates have long known: an untenable culture of abuse exists at Rikers, harming incarcerated people on a daily basis as…
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: MOTT HAVEN IS WRONG SITE FOR BRONX BOROUGH JAIL
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: "Throughout this process, I have been advocating to build the new jail Bronx adjacent to the existing Bronx Hall of Justice. With…
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND
Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council for approving this historic plan to dramatically shrink our incarcerated population, improve…
CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES REDESIGN PROPOSALS FOR NEW BOROUGH-BASED JAILS
Council Member Diana Ayala: “These height reductions are a direct response to concerns expressed by various communities about the sizes of the proposed borough-based facilities. In the Bronx,…
DEPUTY BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT CITY COUNCIL AGAINST PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL
Deputy Bronx Borough President Scott-McFadden: "I am here on behalf of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to discuss the de Blasio administration’s wrongheaded proposal to build a…