As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...
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He won’t fix bail reform and drive down crime
Andrew Cuomo as governor signed off on “reforms” that sent crime soaring, and now he’s giving New Yorkers fair warning: ...
Read morePray NYC never meets the deadline to close Rikers
With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away. ...
Read moreFemale Rikers officer punched by violent inmate in NYC jail
A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches to close a gaping gash over her eye Friday, after allegedly ...
Read moreNYC councilman warns of ‘disaster’ after jail beds for mentally ill slashed
An NYC lawmaker Monday warned of a “disaster” for the city after the number of proposed beds for mentally ill ...
Read moreCorrection boss Louis Molina’s move to City Hall may signal a fed takeover NY jails need
Why did City Hall just kick Correction Commissioner Louis Molina upstairs? The obvious guess is that it thinks the feds ...
Read moreFormer city council candidate driven to Rikers for weekend sentences: Sources
A former City Council candidate who got a slap on the wrist sentence for trying to steal almost $20,000 in ...
Read moreCity Council primaries testing progressives’ stranglehold of NYC
On Tuesday, the entire city council is up for re-election in party primary races. Only a few districts enjoy robustly ...
Read moreProgressives have eroded safety and fueled tragic cases of self-defense
Charles Foehner, the senior citizen Kew Gardens resident who shot and killed his would-be mugger early Wednesday morning, will face ...
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