Council takes mayor to court for blocking law banning solitary on Rikers
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Mayor Eric Adams was sued by the City Council on Monday for his refusal to implement a law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
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Mayor suspends solitary confinement ban
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again. That’s the platitude Mayor Eric Adams has appeared to employ in his attempts to skirt around a new law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
Read MoreCouncil prepares take Adams admin to court over solitary ban
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The fight over a law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails continued on Thursday when the City Council opened the door to taking legal action against the Adams administration, which asked a judge last month to allow them to skirt the law’s implementation.
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