AMNY ‘Rikers Island is a hellhole’: City pols, Corrections Department spar over surprise visit amid heatwave
Bronx Times In wake of 1st inmate death at Rikers this year, activists call for facility’s closure and mass decarceration
People Queens councilman tries to bring back solitary confinement at city jails for inmates under 21 By Julia Moro
Police & Fire When visitors were banned from Rikers Island, even more drugs showed up By George Joseph and Reuven Blau, THE CITY
Astoria City transfers portion of Rikers Island land from DOC, moves closer to Renewable Rikers By Julia Moro
AMNY ‘Very basic human needs’ unmet for Rikers Island inmates on hunger strike, Queens senator Ramos says
Astoria De Blasio’s order to delay solitary confinement reforms over Rikers chaos slammed By Reuven Blau, THE CITY
Police & Fire Queens councilwoman calls for increased penalties on sexual assaults, harassment against correction officers By Bill Parry
AMNY Street demonstration symbolic of growing public pressure on city to close Rikers Island for good
Courts Queens councilman asks Hochul to call in National Guard to offset chaos at Rikers Island By Julia Moro
Oct. 9, 5 pm Nou Akoma Nou Sinèji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Oct. 10, 9:30 am Discover Treasures at Marble Church’s Second Chance Tag Sale Marble Collegiate Church
Oct. 10, 7 pm Unspoken//Unbroken: Performance and Art in Observance of Domestic Violence Awareness CPR-Center for Performance Research
Gay City News Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
Schneps Podcasts Gwen O’Shea, President & CEO of the Community Development Corporation of Long Island