In each case, fellow inmates struggled to help when jail officers did not, according to the Board of Correction, which expressed “extreme” concern in its report. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Deaths (Fatalities)”
Man, 25, Is the Fourth Inmate to Die at Rikers This Year
By Gotham Rex on May 8, 2022
Dashawn Carter was found hanging in his cell in an apparent suicide during a time of deepening crisis for the jail. Source: New York Times
How to Stop Speeding Drivers in N.Y.C.? Scare Them
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
Traffic deaths in New York City have risen to the highest level in eight years. A new campaign aims to shock them into slowing down. Source: New York Times
2 on Subway Tracks Killed by Train at a Manhattan Station
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
The deaths came a week after the bodies of two French graffiti artists who had been fatally struck by a train were found in Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
Firefighter Is Killed When Ceiling Collapses in Brooklyn House Fire
By Gotham Rex on April 24, 2022
Five other firefighters were injured in the three-alarm fire in Canarsie, the Fire Department said. Source: New York Times
Health Agency Under Cuomo ‘Misled the Public’ on Nursing Home Deaths
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2022
The New York State Health Department presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of 4,100 people, according to an audit by the state comptroller. Source: New York Times
Unreported Rikers Island Beatings: ‘Disturbing and Unacceptable’
By Gotham Rex on March 8, 2022
Louis Molina, the correction commissioner, responded to a recent New York Times report that found serious injuries to at least two detainees were not reported. Source: New York Times
4-Year-Old and His Grandmother Were Killed by Poison, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
There have been no arrests in the case, the police said, but the deaths of Wilhelm Ducatl and Tofoon Man are being investigated as homicides. Source: New York Times
Medical Care at Rikers Is Delayed for Thousands, Records Show
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
A court filing on Tuesday shed new light on the effect of the city jail system’s staffing crisis on health care, with missed appointments leading to severe health consequences. Source: New York Times
Two Connecticut Officers Suspended Over Handling of Women's Deaths
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
The mayor put the officers on leave over their handling of the cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, who died in Bridgeport, Conn., on the same day. Source: New York Times
Lauren Smith-Fields Was Found Dead. Her Family Had to Beg for Answers.
By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2022
Ms. Smith-Fields, 23, died in her Connecticut apartment in December after a date with a man she had met on Bumble. More than a month later, the police opened a criminal investigation. Source: New York Times
How a Calm Call for Help Led 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Into a Hail of Gunfire
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2022
The latest deadly episode to rattle the city began with a routine domestic disturbance call and ended with one officer dead and another in critical condition. Source: New York Times
‘Devastated’: 15 Fire Victims Are Mourned at Bronx Service
By Gotham Rex on January 16, 2022
The leader of the Islamic Cultural Center upbraided elected officials, saying of the victims, “The conditions in which they lived in the Bronx caused their death.” Source: New York Times
Inside a Deadly Bronx Fire: Scenes of Chaos, Desperation and Love
By Gotham Rex on January 16, 2022
When the building where they made their home became a smoke-filled death trap, hundreds of residents had to make life-or-death decisions as rescue workers raced to save them. Source: New York Times
Some Tenants Wary of Returning to Bronx Building After Deadly Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 13, 2022
Residents of the Bronx high-rise where 17 people died in a smoky blaze gathered to express frustration over their current circumstances. Source: New York Times