Days before the death of the man, Jimmy Avila, another detainee was pronounced dead in his cell at the troubled city jail complex, and a third died in police custody.
Jimmy Avila was arraigned Friday night in a Bronx court and died Saturday afternoon on Rikers Island, according to the Legal Aid Society, which had been representing him.
Two brothers went to the Egyptian Mission in Manhattan to protest Egypt’s role in keeping aid from reaching Gaza. Video of the violence, which involved mission security guards, has incited rage.
The Egyptian Mission to the United Nations on East 44th Street. The episode has shined a light on recent cases where foreign governments have used embassies and diplomatic outposts to crack down on dissent.
Opponents of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City have derogatively called him both a socialist and a democratic socialist to make a dent in his lead in the polls.
Zohran Mamdani is a member of both the national Democratic Socialists of America and its local New York chapter. But he said Thursday that his platform was different from that of either group.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, is fending off attacks that seek to link him to some of the D.S.A.’s more controversial stances.
Zohran Mamdani has often spoken about his involvement with the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, but says his mayoral platform is distinct from the group’s agenda.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has nearly four times more campaign funds than Andrew M. Cuomo, thought to be his closest rival.
Zohran Mamdani earned the most in public matching funds on Thursday, followed by Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in the race for mayor of New York City.
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