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  2. Rikers Island - Wikipedia

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    Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City 's largest jail. [4] [5] Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).

  3. New York City Department of Correction - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Department of Correction ( NYCDOC) is the branch of the municipal government of New York City [1] responsible for the custody, control, and care of New York City 's imprisoned population, housing the majority of them on Rikers Island. [2] It employs 7,060 uniformed officers and 1,727 civilian staff, has 543 vehicles, and ...

  4. Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    United States. The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center ( VCBC; also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility [2] and nicknamed "The Boat" [3]) was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx 's southern shore, across from Rikers Island, near Hunts Point.

  5. Anna M. Kross Center - Wikipedia

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    AMKC was completed in 1978, and was initially known as C-95. [1] It is located on 18-18 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY. [2] AMKC is spread over 40 acres of land. [1] It was named for former NY Corrections Commissioner Anna M. Kross, [3] AMKC is the largest jail on Riker's Island. [4]

  6. Police code - Wikipedia

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    Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...

  7. List of New York area codes - Wikipedia

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    New York City: Manhattan only; overlays with 212, 332, and 917 680: 2017: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, and north central New York; overlay of 315 716: 1947 Buffalo, Dunkirk-Fredonia, Olean, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and western New York; will be overlaid by 624 in 2024 718: 1984 New York City: all except Manhattan; overlays with 347 ...

  8. Hundreds of lawsuits allege decades of sexual abuse at Rikers ...

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    December 5, 2023 at 4:01 PM. Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, nearly 20% allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners at the infamous Rikers Island ...

  9. List of bus routes in Queens - Wikipedia

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    New route created by the New York City Transit Authority. On January 25, 1974, the New York City Board of Estimate approved the route, given that the NYCTA provide annual ridership, loss, and profit data to the city's Franchise Bureau. At the time, it was expected that free transfers would be provided to the Q17, Q17A, Q31, and Q44 bus routes.