The decision came as a Manhattan court heard evidence on an inmate’s claim that he was wrongfully convicted of a role in an infamous slaying.
“One lesson we draw from recent tragedies is the importance of an independent oversight board whenever children and teenagers find themselves in government confinement.”
A board charged in 2013 with independent oversight of the city’s juvenile-justice detention system met but once before it was downgraded to an advisory board bound by a non-disclosure agreement. ACS argues it needs wise counsel more than another layer of oversight.
Advocates say banning people on parole from voting is unjust. A City Limits investigation finds it’s just plain confusing.
From jails to housing, progressivism to policing, most of the big stories of the past year are still developing, meaning they’ll also be the ones to watch in 2015.
Reforms unveiled this week by the de Blasio administration were cast as an effort to improve services for the mentally ill on Rikers Island. But much of the plan focuses on keeping people from entering custody in the first place.
Angel Molina, a registered Democrat, doesn’t talk much about the Republican nomination that has allowed him to challenge Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo. What he does talk about are Arroyo’s alleged lapses and his own ambitious plans.
Listen to CityLimits.org’s latest early morning appearance on WBAI, where we discussed the Rikers Island scandal, the potential tension between community gardeners and affordable housing developers, and more.
From poor doors to subway arrests to demonstrations outside a hotel in Queens, the poor and homeless face a broad menu of stigmatization.
Two of the past three Assemblymembers from the 79th district have been convicted of corruption. With varying amounts of campaign money and an array of policy ideas, six candidates are trying to convince primary voters that they offer a fresh start.