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Holden calls for investigation of human rights nonprofit for bailing out teen accused of attacking Rikers guard

Six Rikers Island corrections officers indicted for smuggling drugs into jails: Feds

By Robert Pozarycki

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City begins public review process to make Rikers Island a public space after prison complex is closed

By Bill Parry

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Politics

‘Appalled at the conditions’ in Rikers, Johnson urges de Blasio to move to end solitary confinement

By Mark Hallum

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This week on the QNS podcast: Jail protests, a combative meeting about the controversial Glendale shelter and more

By Angélica Acevedo

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Queens-based immigrant advocates bring the fight against new jails to Richmond Hill

By Max Parrott

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Astoria

City Council committee passes resolution on future of Rikers Island that would ban new jails to replace current complex

By Bill Parry

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Borough-based jail plan, approved by City Planning Commission, will now go before Council

By Mark Hallum

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Community Board 9 pushes back on draft environmental impact study on Kew Gardens jail

By Mark Hallum

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UPDATED: Katz rejects Kew Gardens jail plan, but says ‘closing Rikers Island is a moral imperative’

By Mark Hallum

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‘I know the hell of Rikers’: Kew Gardens jail proposal goes to borough hall hearing

By Mark Hallum

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Astoria Councilman continues Renewable Rikers rollout with package of bills

By Max Parrott

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Jackson Heights panel on Renewable Rikers confronts practical challenges to environmental agenda

By Max Parrott

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Will Kew Gardens jail negatively impact crime and property values? Commission study says ‘no’

By Mark Hallum

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Astoria

Western Queens elected officials host renewable Rikers Island forum in Jackson Heights

By Bill Parry

Retired Judge Greg Lasak (left) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.

Queens DA race heats up: Katz backs off Kew Gardens jail plan – and Lasak asks, ‘What took so long?’

By Bill Parry

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Hillcrest crowd pushes back against criminal justice reform at recent DA forum

By Mark Hallum

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Jackson Heights

Candidates for Queens District Attorney talk justice reform and campaign contributions at forum

By Mark Hallum

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Kew Gardens residents rail against jail plan and de Blasio during large protest at Borough Hall

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

Locked out: Borough jails critics says they’ve been excluded from post-Rikers meetings

By QNS Special

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Kew Gardens jail opponents give local City Councilwoman an earful over plans at Board 6 meet

By Max Parrott

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Protest against the Kew Gardens jail proposal to take place in coming days

By Mark Hallum

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‘When you scream, nothing gets done’: de Blasio, Koslowitz defend Kew Gardens jail at closed-door meeting

By Mark Hallum

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‘You’ve not been in the communities that this proposal will affect’: Queens reacts to city study of local jail plan

By Mark Hallum

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Why does the city keep banning reporters from meetings about a planned Kew Gardens jail?

By Mark Hallum

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