Jeffrion Aubry: A Champion for Justice in New York After more than 30 years as a state legislator, the assemblyman is retiring – and leaving

By: Matt Troutman, via Patch NEW YORK CITY — Accusations of rampant sexual against hundreds of women by guards in Rikers Island that led to

By Cassandra Day Via Greenwich Time MIDDLETOWN — A social justice organization wants to turn a rarely used park in the North End into a

By: Rebecca C. Lewis via City and State New York Sitting in the lobby of the Louis Armstrong Center in Corona, Queens, in mid-February, Assembly

By: Ashley Mastronardi Via News 12 Bronx Danielle Shanks is speaking out about schizophrenia and Rikers. “I’ve raised my son to be this outstanding man

By Alexander Lekhtman, Via Filter The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a package of police and jail reforms, in defiance of Mayor Eric

By Max Burns, Opinion Contributed via The Hill Back in his 2020 run for the White House, Joe Biden won over the skittish left in

By: Erin White via 1010 WINS/Audacy A detainee on Rikers Island died on Thursday after collapsing during a basketball game, marking the first New York

By: Elizabeth Kim and Jessy Edwards via Gothamist.com Mayor Eric Adams is pledging to shutter the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex but recently outlined a number of