Reuven Blau
Senior Reporter at THE CITY
Senior Reporter @TheCityNY. Co-author of "Rikers: An Oral History" Denver native.
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1 week ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
A handcuffed young man died after being punched, kicked and stomped on for more than five minutes by a group of state correction officers who purposely turned their body-worn cameras off or faced them away, a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges.
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1 week ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
During the state prison strike earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to “pause” many elements of the so-called HALT Solitary Act for 90-days. Slightly more than three months later, Hochul and prison officials have continued to pare back the rules restricting the use of solitary confinement as a punishment. They contend that the state prison system is in an ongoing state of emergency, allowing them to suspend humanitarian reforms.
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1 week ago |
thecity.nyc | Katie Honan |Reuven Blau
In her first televised campaign ad, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, from a church pulpit in Bushwick, proclaims her no-drama management style — which she calls a rarity in a city rife with scammers and scandals. “In New York City, we know drama. But as City Council speaker, I rise above it,” she says, noting the legislative body fought the mayor’s cuts to pre-K and libraries and filed an ongoing lawsuit to keep ICE off of Rikers Island.
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2 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan |Reuven Blau
A State Supreme Court judge has indefinitely barred Mayor Eric Adams from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from reopening an office on Rikers Island.
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2 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Reuven Blau
As Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs which prisons to close this year amid declining incarceration rates and a corrections staffing crisis, advocates and formerly incarcerated people are calling for one of New York’s most infamous facilities — Attica — to shutter its gates for good. The state budget finalized in May includes a plan to close up to . The sites are expected to be announced by the end of the year.
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