Matthew Raymond has waited nine years for some semblance of justice.  When he first accused upstate prison guards of waterboarding him and delivering a beating so vicious he now uses a catheter to pee, an internal investigation concluded there was no wrongdoing.  Even after he insisted that one of the officers who attacked him at […]

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The federal transportation chief who trashed the subway as a “sh-thole” took a photo-op train ride with Mayor Eric Adams on Friday — but didn’t bother giving a heads-up to the MTA. In his latest jab at New York’s transit system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hinted that the MTA may be in line […]

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Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared at a candidate forum for the first time on Thursday at a carefully choreographed event with nine mayoral hopefuls moderated by the Rev. Al Sharpton.  A defiant Adams railed against the Democratic Party and former allies at the National Action Network’s annual convention in Times Square […]

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The Adams administration is preparing to reopen a jail facility on Rikers Island to add space for convicted people who should be moved to state custody but can’t right now because of post-strike chaos.  The city Department of Correction is set to once again house detainees inside a small section of the Anna M. Kross […]

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This article is adapted from our April 3 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Whew, we’re off to the races now! In case you hadn’t heard: Mayor Eric Adams will not run as a Democrat this year, opting to skip the June primary altogether […]

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