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Rikers Island
[rahy-kerz]
an island off N Queens but administratively in the Bronx, New York City, in the East River: site of New York City penal facilities. 0.6 sq. mi. (1.6 sq. km).
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It was staffed by corrections officers from other state prisons, as well as some correctional officers on loan from Rikers Island, in New York City.
Mayor Adams and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams are in court right now over the mayor's decision to let the Trump administration station federal immigration officers with ICE at the city's Rikers Island prison complex.
His lawyers had complained that he was receiving poor medical treatment in unhygienic conditions at the infamous Rikers Island prison facility - which officials have long said they plan to close - though the move has been delayed.
While sitting next to Adams, Homan laid out a deal between the mayor and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to operate on Rikers Island.
After the meeting he said he would allow federal immigration authorities to re-establish an office at the city's Rikers Island jail.
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