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Overnight Board Finds Pattern of LAX Supervision in 4 Rikers Deaths
Gothamist
"The death reports BOC has issued over the past several years point out a tragic pattern — officers too often leave their posts to congregate with other officers, and when they are on post, fail to fulfill their most basic responsibility to check that people in their care are safe,” said Darren Mack, the cofounder of the Freedom Agenda, a group that has long pushed to close Rikers Island."Man Who Died in City Custody at Queens Courthouse Died by Suicide, Medical Examiner Says
Gothamist
"The idea that our criminal legal system produces so much despair should be chilling to all of us," Darren Mack, co-director of the Freedom Agenda, said in a statement Thursday. The nonprofit is an advocacy group that supports decarceration."Death of Murder Suspect in DOC Custody at Queens Court Ruled Suicide by Hanging
Daily News
"For Mr. Lopez Castillo, that included a year and counting at Rikers with no resolution to his case. We are grieving with his family at this horrific confirmation."20-Year-Old Dies After Medical Distress in Queens Courthouse, Officials Say
Gothamist
"It’s time to stop sending people into this death camp. We need urgent action from City Hall to substantially reduce the jail population and get people out of this hellhole – and this preventable death is yet another human cost of delay,” Mack said."
New York City’s Bike Lanes Are Part of Its Food Supply Chain. The Streets Plan Should Say So.
NYC Food Policy
"Mohamed Attia, Managing Director of the Street Vendor Project (SVP), who also works in coalition with the Workers Justice Project, hears from vendors examples of protected bike-lane designs that can cut food access at the curb."
Transcript: Mayor Mamdani Holds Press Conference To Make Infrastructure Announcement
NYC.gov
"It was a broad coalition that reflected just how universal this need is. Vocal New York, AARP, the Coalition for the Homeless, the Street Vendor Project, the Safety Net Project, the Workers Justice Project, Legal Aid, JFREJ, the Carroll Gardens Association, Menstrual Equity Advocates. My chief, Ryan Hickey, who's here, who brought this legislation to our office. And I want to mention that Council Member Rita Joseph and Comptroller Mark Levine also did a lot of work in the Council around bathrooms."