Federal Judge Refuses City's Request to Review Rikers Receivership Order
A federal judge on Thursday denied the city's motion to reconsider her decision to put Rikers Island under federal receivership.
The judge's ruling was in response to the city's request to undo her May decision, which found that Rikers Island should be under the control of a third-party receiver.
A federal judge dealt another blow to the Adams administration’s efforts to retain control of Rikers Island.
Federal Judge Laura Swain is overseeing the decade-old detainee rights case Nunez v.
Author's summary: Judge denies city's request to review Rikers receivership order.