A Rikers Island detainee housed in the jail’s medical unit died after he was rushed to a Queens hospital Tuesday morning, the Department of Correction announced.  The 63-year-old man was found inside moved from the North Infirmary Command on Rikers to Mount Sinai Hospital in Astoria at approximately 5:22 a.m., according to jail records.  He […]

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