Correction officers’ union challenges key hire by Rikers remediation manager

Correction officers’ union challenges key hire by Rikers remediation manager

The powerful union representing correctional officers on Rikers Island this week asked a federal judge to "reassess" the recent hiring of an ex-Department of Correction investigator tapped by the remediation manager to reprise her role in the city’s jail complex.

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The World’s Borough welcomes the World Cup in Jackson Heights

The World’s Borough welcomes the World Cup in Jackson Heights

On Thursday, Paseo Park in Jackson Heights buzzed with soccer fans and wandering locals who joined one of the city’s first watch parties on 34th Avenue as Mexico and South Africa hit the field to kick off the 2026 World Cup.

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Queens atty who was wrongfully arrested on Rikers sues city, officers’ union

Queens atty who was wrongfully arrested on Rikers sues city, officers’ union

A former Queens Defenders attorney who was wrongfully accused of smuggling drugs into Rikers Island is suing the city and the correctional officers’ union who levied the accusations against him, alleging he was unlawfully detained and defamed so the union could score political points.

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Rikers ‘deadlocking’ debate continues at oversight hearing

Rikers ‘deadlocking’ debate continues at oversight hearing

The dispute over the existence of “deadlocking,” or the practice of locking up detainees on Rikers Island for weeks or months at a time in violation of Department of Correction policy, cutting them off from health care, services and other people in custody, continued during a jail oversight meeting on Tuesday.

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State lawmakers fail to advance bills that would grow NY’s Supreme Court

State lawmakers fail to advance bills that would grow NY’s Supreme Court

A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.

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