The Adams administration said this week that it plans to mount a legal challenge to a law banning solitary confinement in New York City’s jails, around two months before it is supposed to go into effect.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a pair of recently passed City Council bills, setting up an imminent showdown with the legislature that the mayor is likely to lose.
Read MoreThe New York City Council passed a bill on Wednesday that bans the use of solitary confinement in the city’s jails, setting up a potential battle with the mayor who has expressed staunch opposition to the legislation.
Read MoreThe New York City Council is expected this week to vote on – and pass – a long-stalled bill that would effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
Read MoreOver 4,000 people who were improperly held in solitary confinement in the city’s jails at various points over the last four years will get a cut of a $53 million settlement the city agreed to last week.
Read MoreA bill that would effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails already has super-majority support in the City Council – now, new polling suggests that the details of the bill have broad support across the political spectrum.
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