Rikers watchdog praises DOC commissioner even as judge gets set to appoint receiver

Rikers watchdog praises DOC commissioner even as judge gets set to appoint receiver

As a federal judge moves forward with her plan to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, her longtime federal monitor said last week in a new report that while the city’s management of the troubled jails has seen some significant improvements in recent months, the violence and dysfunction that has long plagued Rikers remains.

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With casino bid on the horizon, Resorts World bets on housing

With casino bid on the horizon, Resorts World bets on housing

Resorts World New York City anted up this week, announcing its plan to help build 50,000 units of workforce housing as it prepares its bid to score one of the three lucrative downstate casino licenses to soon be handed out by the state.

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How the two sides of the Van Wyck will decide the race for District 28

How the two sides of the Van Wyck will decide the race for District 28

The Van Wyck Expressway, which runs north-south through parts of Queens, is one of the borough’s most infamous and frustrating highways – it's also the dividing line in one of its most contentious City Council races.

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Assembly approves Cohen’s casino plan

Assembly approves Cohen’s casino plan

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen's recent string of luck continued this week after the State Assembly voted to grant him a crucial permission that would allow him to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex in Queens should he win one of the three casino licenses to be handed out by the state later this year.

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Deadline extended for former detainees to get their piece of $92.5 million Rikers settlement

Deadline extended for former detainees to get their piece of $92.5 million Rikers settlement

Immigrants living in New York who were unlawfully held on Rikers Island because federal immigration agents asked the city to do so have another three months to claim their share of a $92.5 million class action lawsuit settlement.

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Rikers will be taken over by an independent receiver, judge rules

Rikers will be taken over by an independent receiver, judge rules

A federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall could no longer be trusted to tamp down the violence that has plagued the dangerous jail complex for decades.

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