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.
The longest open case in Manhattan’s federal docket is nowhere near being resolved, as six mayors have failed to meet the basic benchmarks negotiated in the legal agreement.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board barely has enough members left to conduct business as the mayor and City Council have left five of its 15 seats unfilled.
Just three days before the outgoing police commissioner resigned, he released a new “disciplinary matrix” that lowered penalties for cops who commit various offenses.
Freed from Rikers Island after THE CITY’s 2019 reporting on his medical plight, the Brooklyn man accuses the Department of Correction of dragging its feet on his negligence lawsuit.
The 63-year-old detainee was taken to a Queens hospital and pronounced dead early Tuesday morning. It is unclear what the cause of death was but there were two “staff involved injuries,” according to an internal report.