Investigations
Researching Rikers: Links and Resources
Jarrett Murphy |
Read reports, get background, learn more.
Closing Rikers
The Perils and Potential of Closing Rikers Island
Ed Morales |
City Limits contacted all 51 members of the City Council, the five borough presidents and the three citywide officials to ask whether they support closing Rikers.
Closing Rikers
Can NYC Reform Rikers Island Without Replacing it?
Ed Morales |
The jury is still out on whether reforms – segregating the most violent inmates, a crackdown on smuggling, faster use-of-force investigations – will be effective.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
East Harlem Board Votes ‘No’ on De Blasio’s Zoning Changes
Andrew J. Padilla |
But CB11’s conditional rejection of the two sets of proposed changes did not satisfy some advocates who wanted a more absolute rejection.
