Judge close to turning Rikers Island over to federal government
Demonstrators protested outside federal court in Manhattan during an emergency hearing on how the city is operating Rikers Island, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports.
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Demonstrators protested outside federal court in Manhattan during an emergency hearing on how the city is operating Rikers Island, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports.
Demonstrators gathered outside the federal courthouse in Foley Square, calling for the jail to be shut down or for a federal receiver to be appointed to take over.
They are calling for the chair of the New York City Board of Corrections to step down.
Mayor Adams invited CBS2 to review 90 minutes of security camera footage from inside the troubled jail.
In defense of his administration's handling of Rikers Island, Mayor Adams invited CBS2's Marcia Kramer to review 90 minutes of security camera footage that was scrutinized in the federal monitor's report.
It comes after the controversial death of Joshua Valles, a 31-year-old who was being held there.
Two top elected officials are calling on the feds to take over Rikers Island and are expected to introduce a resolution to the City Council on Thursday. CBS2's Lisa Rozner has an exclusive interview with one of the last people to speak with a detainee before he died.
A rally was held Wednesday demanding the federal government take over Rikers Island.
Joshua Valles's sudden hospitalization was highlighted in a recent report by a court-appointed monitor.
It's a stunning change in practice that comes amid scrutiny of conditions at the jail and questions about the death of a man who had just been released. CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
A group rallying for change outside City Hall on Thursday said the circumstances around Valles's death are concerning, CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
Valles' hospitalization was highlighted in a report raising concerns about safety and transparency at Rikers Island.
There are disturbing new questions after a man who had been held at Rikers Island since April died there Saturday. As CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports, a judge is now demanding answers from the city.
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They're calling on lawmakers to pass legislation making sexual assault on correction officers a felony.
A group of Republican Assemblymembers is calling on the city to address the staffing and safety crisis at Rikers Island.
Public advocate pushes for changes to protect those whose gender identity is different from the sex assigned at birth.
New York's City Council is considering changes to protect the rights of transgender people at Rikers. This comes after a transgender woman died in solitary confinement. CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has the story.
Eric Adams has been steering New York City's ship of state for 12 months, dealing with a pandemic, an unexpected migrant crisis and problems inherited from his predecessor. So is he "getting stuff done?" He sits down with CBS2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer on this edition of "The Point."
It's a one-of-a-kind program that allows parents in custody to spend time with their kids outside a jail setting.
It's a one-of-a-kind program that allows parents in custody to spend time with their kids outside of a jail setting, CBS2's Jennifer Bisram reports.
The Department of Correction has vowed to implement changes in order to avoid losing control of the jail.
A City Council committee grilled the commissioner of the Department of Correction on Tuesday as Rikers Island grapples with its highest death toll in nearly a decade. CBS2's Tim McNicholas was at the hearing.
The New York City Council will hold an oversight hearing on the Department of Correction's efforts to reform conditions on Rikers Island. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has a preview.
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Questions are mounting about the death of a man whose body was found in the chimney of a New York City public school.
One teenage girl was killed and a second was injured after they were struck by a large truck in the East Village on Friday night, police say.
The Mets kept the Phillies from gaining ground in the National League wild-card race with a 6-3 victory Friday night.
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NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
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The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
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Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Police body camera video shows the moments a woman and two police officers remove a python that was wedged in the grill of her vehicle in Franklin Township on Monday.
New York City and the surrounding area are in for a weather pattern change over the course of the weekend.
The shooting happened around 7:20 a.m. Friday at the convenience store at the corner of Route 37 and Garfield Avenue, prosecutors said.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
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A new rule allowing authorities to deny green cards to immigrants on the basis of being a public charge goes into effect Friday.
A carriage driver whose horse died in Central Park this summer is now suing the city, saying the horse was poisoned by a plant.
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A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
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