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Commentary By Nicole Gelinas

Mayor Adams Must Demand Rikers Release Inmate-Death Data

Cities, Governance New York, New York City

Mayor Eric Adams literally wants to hide the bodies — supporting his correction commissioner’s bizarre decision to stop reporting deaths at Rikers Island.

It’s the latest example of Adams going with his own worst instincts, but it’s easy to see why he thinks he’ll get away with it.

The federal “monitor” overseeing Rikers obviously has no interest in seizing jails.

The City news outlet reported last week the jail system has a new policy: No news is good news.

Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post

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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here. 

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