They Overdosed in Plain View on Rikers Island. NYC Will Pay $5.2 Million (opens in new tab)

City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from methadone overdoses while jail staff ignored them on Rikers Island. The settlements come amid a sharp rise in claims and a dramatic spike in taxpayer-funded payouts by the Department of Correction. In fiscal […] The post They Overdosed in Plain View on Rikers Island. NYC Will Pay $5.2 Million appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.