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?
A follow-up to our December article about forced-medication practices at Bellevue finds that two entities are now taking a closer look.
Records indicate that Bellevue hospital has administered sedatives to psychiatric patients who refused to submit to blood work, a practice that experts say might run afoul of state law.
The trend toward part-time work means less pay for workers and, some say, lower quality work for bosses and customers.
It’s easy to blame globalization and technology for the proliferation of low-wage jobs. But what about the executives, stockholders, taxpayers and consumers who benefit from them?
The city’s homeless services system does little to track complaints by shelter residents about abuse and mistreatment at the hands of security guards.
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