Courts

The Manhattan skyline loomed over a jail complex on Rikers Island.

Courts

Rikers Island Takeover Plan Due Friday But Two Sides Are at Odds Over ‘Receiver’ Details

Jan. 23, 2025, 11:57 a.m.Jan. 23, 2025, 11:57 a.m.

City officials and public defenders have not been able to reach an agreement nearly four months after a federal judge ordered them to figure out receivership of the jails system.

Councilmember Susan Zhuang’s ers rally outside Brooklyn Supreme Court ahead of a hearing in her NYPD officer assault case.

Courts

ers Donate $66K to Legal Defense Fund for Councilmember Who Bit Cop

Jan. 15, 2025, 1:09 p.m.Jan. 15, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

New filings from the city’s Conflict of Interest Board show southern Brooklyn’s Councilmember Susan Zhuang raised the $66,601 from 221 ers.

Gov. Kathy Hochul walks out of Marcy Correctional Facility with barbed wire behind her. She walks with a man in a grey suit on the right and a woman in a beige suit on the left.

Incarceration

Former Prisoners Say Deadly Robert Brooks Beating Is Sadly Routine

Jan. 3, 2025, 4:47 p.m.Jan. 3, 2025, 4:47 p.m.

Those that have been in the state pen and their lawyers say “what is most unusual about the beatdown of Mr. Brooks is that it was captured on video.”

Transit

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Dec. 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 20, 2024, 11:20 a.m.

Work to bring elevators to the No. 6’s Middletown Road stop is set to begin in February, nearly a decade after a federal lawsuit said it had to be done.

An aerial look at the sprawling jail complex on Rikers Island.

Jails

Federal Judge Pushes for Receiver Takeover of Rikers Island

Nov. 27, 2024, 11:10 a.m.Nov. 27, 2024, 1:52 p.m.

All the parties in the decade-old 'Nunez case' must now decide on the parameters and qualifications of a third-party overseer.

Workers continued construction on a new jail complex next to Manhattan criminal court.

Jails

Rikers Island Shutdown Plan Progresses With Construction Firms for New Manhattan Jail

Nov. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 21, 2024, 10:50 a.m.

The selection of Tutor Perini and O & G Industries to design and build the White Street lockup represents a final piece in the borough-jails puzzle.

London House and Collado Consultants & Co. have collected nearly half of the total campaign spending by winning Bronx Civil Court candidates since 2021.

Politics

Want to Be a Judge in the Bronx? Better Pay These Firms.

Nov. 13, 2024, 2:02 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 2:39 p.m.

A Bronx political firm close to the borough’s Democratic party chair, Jamaal Bailey, is cashing in on local civil court races.

NYPD officers walk a defendant through the front door of the Bronx Hall of Justice on East 161st Street for an arraignment.

Courts

The NYPD’s Policy of Handcuffing Nearly Everyone Arraigned Violates Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

Nov. 1, 2024, 1:00 p.m.Nov. 1, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

The city’s largest public defender group says the practice of restraining people accused of nonviolent crimes behind their backs for initial court appearances is dehumanizing and prejudicial.

Homelessness

NYC’s Homeless Camp Sweeps Violate Constitution, Lawsuit Claims

Oct. 30, 2024, 1:09 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 3:31 p.m.

The city is supposed to give notice first and store people’s possessions, but it’s not the suit claims.

The NYPD’s 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn offers a wheelchair accessible in the back of the building.

Accessibility

NYPD Dragging Feet on Steps to Make Stations More Accessible

Oct. 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 28, 2024, 9:26 a.m.

It’s been eight years since a class-action lawsuit was filed against the city’s police department claiming federal disability law violations. Deadlines to fix the situation have been pushed back while New Yorkers scream for help.

Courts

Rikers Island Takeover Plan Due Friday But Two Sides Are at Odds Over ‘Receiver’ Details

ers Donate $66K to Legal Defense Fund for Councilmember Who Bit Cop

Former Prisoners Say Deadly Robert Brooks Beating Is Sadly Routine

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Federal Judge Pushes for Receiver Takeover of Rikers Island

Rikers Island Shutdown Plan Progresses With Construction Firms for New Manhattan Jail

Want to Be a Judge in the Bronx? Better Pay These Firms.

The NYPD’s Policy of Handcuffing Nearly Everyone Arraigned Violates Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

NYC’s Homeless Camp Sweeps Violate Constitution, Lawsuit Claims

NYPD Dragging Feet on Steps to Make Stations More Accessible

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