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Speaker Mark-Viverito and Mayor de Blasio announce the plan to close Rikers.
A look at City Limits’ coverage is far from a comprehensive rendering of the Rikers saga. But it does provide a sense of how long this argument has been going on, of the twists and turns it has taken, and of the many passionate viewpoints New Yorkers have about it.
Could the Melrose branch of today nurture a similar life of ideas?
‘Courts often ask survivors, ‘Why didn’t you report sooner?’ or ‘Why can’t you remember details if it really happened?’ Asking ‘Why?’ places a survivor’s credibility immediately into question while doing very little to get to the truth of what happened.’
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