Jailhouse crock: Woke NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer wants pricey ‘farm-to-table’ meals for Rikers inmates
Bon appétit — from Rikers Island. Lefty Upper West Side Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at some of the Big Apple’s top ...
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Rikers Island Wont Close by 2027 Deadline, Report Says
An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...
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As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...
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Second Rikers detainee dies in NYC custody in less than a week, officials say
The agency said it had notified the federal monitor overseeing the Rikers Island jail ... complaining about the food.” Hardy said Moore previously spent 30 years in prison after being convicted ...
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To Finally Close Rikers, Panel Suggests Making It Someone’s Only Job
By Hurubie Meko A commission on closing the Rikers Island jail complex urged New York City to appoint two senior officials to focus solely on shutting down the notoriously troubled jail ...
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Jailhouse crock: Woke NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer wants pricey ‘farm-to-table’ meals for Rikers inmates
Bon appétit — from Rikers Island. Lefty Upper West Side Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at some of the Big Apple ...