NYC council sues over Mayor Adams’ executive order flouting solitary ban in city jails

NAACP slams move to suspend parts of law on solitary as inmates decry conditions amid strike

Gov. Kathy Hochul once dubbed Hazel Dukes, the venerable leader of New York State’s NAACP chapter, “my mom on Earth.” But Dukes and her board said Tuesday they are “profoundly

NYC council sues over Mayor Adams’ executive order flouting solitary ban in city jails

The suit, set to be filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday, is pushing to quash the emergency order Hizzoner enacted back in July to suspend parts of a newly passed law seeking to limit the amount of time inmates can be isolated from the general population.

NYC pols sue Adams to stop emergency order blocking solitary ban

City lawmakers and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are taking Mayor Eric Adams' administration to court over Hizzoner's emergency executive orders suspending parts of a law banning solitary confinement in the city's jails. The move marks the latest escalation in tensions between the mayor and the City Council. The suit, which the City Council and Williams announced Monday, was filed this morning in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. It seeks to …

Council, public advocate sue NYC Mayor Eric Adams over order suspending solitary confinement ban

NEW YORK — The City Council and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams filed suit against Mayor Eric Adams early Monday over his emergency order to suspend the central elements of a law passed in December barring solitary confinement on Rikers Island ...