33rd Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY The Crisis at Rikers Worsens as Another Person Dies in DOC Custody –the Fifth Person This Year and the 33rd Since Mayor Eric Adams Took Office With Abuse, Violence, and Dysfunction out of Control at […]
Rikers Island detainee dies after apparent medical episode, marks fifth death in jails this year
Ben Brachfeld, via AMNY A person detained on Rikers Island became the fifth person held in city jails to die this year, passing away at a Queens hospital Tuesday morning after an apparent medical episode. The Department of Correction said that Anthony Jordan, 63, was rushed from the jail complex’s North Infirmary Command to Mount […]
Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency Continues to Hinder A Black-Owned Farm from Operating and Serving the Community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 Contact: Diana Martinez, diana@katalcenter.org | 860-580-9402 Follow on Instagram @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestCT Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency Continues to Hinder A Black-Owned Farm from Operating and Serving the Community Middletown, CT—Last Thursday, August 14, at the Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency (IWWA) monthly meeting, the Commissioners kept the […]
