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Close Rikers, Inmates, Access to Healthcare

State and City Elected Officials Tour Inmate Care Center At Bellevue Community Hospital

Kristen Gonzalez

October 16, 2025

State and City Electeds at Bellevue Community Hospital

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Bail, Discovery Reform, Criminal Justice Reform, Close Rikers

WNET MetroFocus: Justice Week - Jails in Your Community

Michael Gianaris

May 23, 2019

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Rikers, Rikers Island, Close Rikers, Neighborhood Issues, Criminal Justice Reform

Harlem senator calls on state to probe continuing Rikers violence, look into speeding up closure after latest attack

November 28, 2017

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Close Rikers, Rikers, Criminal Justice Reform

N.Y. senator pushes bill forcing NYC to shut down Rikers Island in three years

June 15, 2017

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Brooklyn House of Detention, Close Rikers, Criminal Justice Reform, End Mass Incarceration, Revisioning the Criminal Justice System

Senator Montgomery submits comments on NYC's Borough-Based Jail System Proposal for the Brooklyn House of Detention

Velmanette Montgomery

April 16, 2019

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