NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. The decision was filed as part of Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor ...

“Remediation manager” sounds more like a third-rank bureaucrat or elementary school reading specialist than a revolutionary figure. But Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s order Tuesday ...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its ...

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain on Tuesday handed down a 77-page ruling seizing control of the prison. A "remediation manager" will be appointed to oversee the complex and report directly ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling ...