Police largely obstructed journalists from seeing what was happening in and around Columbia University last night. It was hard to watch student reporters from WKCR-FM NY Columbia Daily Spectator Columbia Journalism get locked outside the campus gates or inside certain buildings.

A privilege to sit next to Samantha Max as she investigated 32 women’s claims of sexual abuse by medical professionals on Rikers. Details she uncovered range from disturbing to unbelievable: strange notes in court docs, piles of unchecked fingerprints..tinyurl.com/yck7ymtf

Female members of NYC council, led by NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse, urging Mayor Adams to lower # of women incarcerated following Gothamist analysis of more than 700 lawsuits from women claiming they were sexually assaulted on Rikers. via Samantha Max gothamist.com/news/nyc-counc…

The Bronx district attorney’s office has assembled a team of prosecutors to review claims alleging that Rikers Island jail staff sexually assaulted detainees, in response to a Gothamist investigation

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NYPD officials orchestrated smear campaign of police critic using confidential details of her rape, lawsuit alleges thecity.nyc/2024/04/08/nyp… via Yoav Gonen Gwynne Hogan

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has awarded a no-bid $33M contract to a Rikers Island food concessionaire that has charged incarcerated people and their families prices twice as high as those at local stores, THE CITY reports

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BREAKING: Police shot and killed 19-year-old Winzinzent Rozaro this afternoon in Queens.

He called 911 himself while in a 'mental crisis.' He was standing in the kitchen with his mother.

The breadth of alleged sexual abuse on
Rikers is astonishing.

As the Assembly #ASA sponsor, it was an honor to provide countless people a path to justice. Clearly, we have more work to do to protect survivors.

Samantha Max Jessy Edwards Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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“The fact that there are names of individuals there multiple times from different people who probably don’t know each other is extremely concerning…CO’s resigned or retired to avoid consequences if they were under internal investigation and discipline looked likely.“

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'At least nine women said they were sexually assaulted or raped while pregnant on Rikers Island, including one who said a doctor groped her breasts and prodded her so intensely during a gynecological exam that her cervix ruptured.' gothamist.com/news/late-nigh…

NY lawmakers say they'll renew a push to reopen the window that allowed sexual abuse victims more time to file claims after our investigation this morning about alleged sex assault on Rikers. + City lawmakers say they'll hold an oversight hearing.

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“A system where jail employees groped detainees, forcibly kissed them, ordered them to perform oral sex and engaged in violent rape.”

Jaw-dropping investigation from Jessy Edwards Samantha Max Gothamist Christopher Werth into decades of sexual abuse @ Rikers

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'Accounts spanning from 1976 to as recently as last year describe a system where jail employees groped detainees, forcibly kissed them, ordered them to perform oral sex and engaged in violent rape.' — Jessy Edwards Samantha Max report
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holy smokes this Jessy Edwards and Samantha Max investigation: “nearly 60% of the 1,256 lawsuits filed in New York City’s supreme courts during the temporary filing period describe assaults against people held on Rikers Island.”

Mayor says there must be “a thorough investigation” of the claims reported today by Gothamist’s Jessy Edwards Samantha Max.

Vital and important reporting from my WNYC 🎙 Gothamist colleagues Samantha Max and Jessy Edwards

Late-night sex assaults. Invasive searches. The 700+ women alleging abuse at Rikers. gothamist.com/news/late-nigh… via @gothamist

The scale and pattern of abuse is staggering. Ignored by officials. $15B to taxpayers. Hauntingly told by Jessy Edwards and Samantha Max

As the Adams administration wavers on the 2027 closure of Rikers, Samantha Max and Jessy Edwards report on disturbing sexual violence allegations.

While development was planned for and expected in Gowanus after the 2021 rezoning, the “explosive” amount that's recently arrived in the heavily polluted neighborhood is still shocking to community members, Anna Bradley-Smith reports 🙌

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