Adi Talwar
Mary Beth Anderson of the Urban Justice Center says inmates with cognitive disorders get in trouble or fights on Rikers. "A lot of the time it's because they're being asked to do something and they don't understand."
There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?
While the latest Census Bureau numbers indicate some progress in the city, they also show disparities in recovery across the boroughs and the potential widening of inequality between the lowest and highest risk communities.
Ahead of a likely rezoning of the area, the Department of City Planning hosted its first neighborhood planning workshop. See the city’s presentation.
The actual result of the election is just one nodule of suspense (or curiosity, or worry, or terror, depending on your perspective) as Election Day approaches.
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