The city Law Department is reviewing allegations of sexual assault in the jails, according to Adams.
Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on Tuesday on his position that the New York City Law Department is the agency that should investigate allegations in more than 700 lawsuits that claim staffers at Rikers Island jails routinely sexually assaulted detainees over a period of about five decades.
“That’s what the review, even with the Law Department, that’s the review that would have to be put in place,” he said. “But this is current litigation. I don’t want to tread on the litigation review that’s taking place. And it has to take its course.”filed under the Adult Survivors Act, a state law that opened a one-year window for people to file civil lawsuits against alleged perpetrators of sexual assault even after the statute of limitations had passed.
City Department of Correction spokesperson Annais Morales said the agency couldn't comment on pending litigation. In the past, she has said the department has a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual abuse. Liz Glazer, the former director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, said there was an “urgent need” to examine the conditions — past and president — on Rikers.
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