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One Man’s Year on Rikers Exposes Limits of Mental Health Reforms

Alex Rotar speaks in a Rikers Island meeting room about his mental health struggles.

Alex Rotar was one step away from ending it all.  He stood on a ledge on top of a six-floor apartment building in Dyker Heights as officers from the NYPD and the U.S. Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force yelled at him to come down on March 14, 2024, according to court records.  “I’m standing there with […]

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