Mayor Eric Adams issued an emergency order suspending parts of NYC's solitary confinement law.
NEW YORK -- Solitary confinement was supposed to officially end Sunday at New York City jails, but Mayor Eric Adams issued an emergency order suspending parts of the law.The City Council overwhelmingly passed that bill to ban solitary confinement. The mayor vetoed it and the council overrode him. But now Adams is using his executive authority, declaring a state of emergency and issuing an executive order to stop it from taking effect, at least for now.
In addition to the increased workload, Adams claims the law doesn't allow adult inmates to be restrained while being transported to and from jail.Public Advocate Williams at odds with Mayor Adams Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the man who introduced the bill, said the mayor needs to read it again.'It doesn't say that you can't use restraints to transport people to Rikers.
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