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US attorney in Manhattan seeking federal takeover of city’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex

A federal prosecutor said Monday his office is seeking to have control of New York City’s trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail taken away from Mayor Eric Adam’s administration, calling conditions there a “collective failure with deep roots.” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Rikers “has been in crisis for years” […]

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