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NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces make-or-break 2025 in search for second term
During his successful 2021 campaign for mayor, Eric Adams famously declared himself the “future of the Democratic Party.” But heading…
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Harvey Weinstein claims NYC Rikers Island not providing medical care and hygiene
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment…
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Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein back in hospital after cancer diagnosis, plans to sue NYC over ‘medical negligence’
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is back in the hospital and now plans to sue New York City over “ongoing…
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Rikers Island inmate grabs NYC council member’s butt during facility tour: sources
A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The…
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End the ‘replace Rikers’ madness, build new jails there
The “Close Rikers” madness surrounding the city’s controversial and dysfunctional jail complex has been with us for almost a decade,…
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Harvey Weinstein in special Rikers cell after overturned rape conviction
Sex pest Harvey Weinstein moved back into Rikers Island Friday afternoon, one day after his notorious rape conviction was overturned.…
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Two NYC correction officers attacked by inmates in one violent day on Rikers Island
Rikers Island inmates assaulted two correction officers in separate attacks Monday, leaving the guards with gruesome injuries to their face…
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Rikers inmate chokes female correction officer weeks after another attack left guard with fractured nasal bones
A crazed inmate nearly choked out a female correction officer on Rikers Island Friday night — less than five weeks…
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Accused murderer stabs fellow inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island
An accused murderer stabbed another inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island Tuesday in the latest act of violence at…
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Man stabbed in Rikers by maniac had long rap sheet: cops
The man who was reportedly shivved on Rikers Island by a maniac who had allegedly just stabbed two girls at…
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