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Family of Rikers Island inmate who died of diabetes files wrongful death lawsuit

The grieving family of a woman who died of complications from diabetes

Legal filing: Negligence caused Rikers Island death, not drugs

A 31-year-old woman who died on Rikers Island earlier

Rikers Island staff failed to treat inmate who died of diabetes complications, her family says

Family of Rikers inmate files $50M wrongful death notice of claim against NYC

NYPD sued over cop shooting at fleeing

The Bronx District Attorney’s Office said the gunfire led “civilians on the street [to run] away and those….

New York City to Pay Up

New York City has agreed to pay up to $75 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that were later found…

To Curb Suits, City Now Opts

The Bloomberg administration has embarked on an aggressive legal strategy intended to curtail.

Bringing a Sorry Chapter

Under the settlement in the case of Stinson v. City of New York, the city agreed to pay up to $75 million

To Curb Suits, City Now Opts to

The Bloomberg administration has embarked on an aggressive legal strategy intended to curtail.

Marijuana Legalization

Civil rights attorney Joshua Fitch said that the courts are handling cases “on an assembly line basis

Minorities face disproportio

A Daily News analysis finds blacks and Hispanics are far more likely to be ticketed in low-crime.