Sleazy lawyer, 72, suspended for tawdry act in his office with ‘vulnerable’ client facing murder rap: ruling
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Sleazy lawyer, 72, suspended for tawdry act in his office with ‘vulnerable’ client facing murder rap: ruling

ByNews Polite

A Brooklyn attorney was slapped with a five-year suspension for receiving oral sex in his office from a client facing a murder charge, according to a court decision issued Wednesday. Philip Smallman, 72, was hit with the hefty penalty after a New York Appellate Division found he engaged in the…

NYC correction officers union calls for firing of security chief after another slashing at Rikers
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NYC correction officers union calls for firing of security chief after another slashing at Rikers

ByNews Polite

A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on Wednesday — leading the officer’s union to call for the firing of the jail’s security boss as attacks soar inside the lockup. The worker was breaking up a brawl in the…

NYC Mayor Eric Adams signs emergency order to stop parts of controversial solitary confinement ban in city jails
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams signs emergency order to stop parts of controversial solitary confinement ban in city jails

ByNews Polite

Mayor Eric Adams’ signed an emergency order Saturday putting the kibosh on parts of a controversial City Council ban on solitary confinement at city jails, The New York Post has learned.  The City Council’s ban was set to begin Sunday. The new rules would have barred punitive segregation in jails…

Rikers guard punched inmate in face; fellow officers covered it up: indictment
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Rikers guard punched inmate in face; fellow officers covered it up: indictment

ByNews Polite

Three city correction officers have been accused of covering up the assault of a Rikers Island inmate by one of their own, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Carl Williams, 31, Roy Dewar, 58, and Jatan Das, 64, were indicted on charges of official misconduct and multiple counts of falsifying business records, Bronx…