‘Sleight of hand’? Mayor Adams says ‘solitary confinement’ ban proponents engaged in misinformation to push bill through City Council

Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday accused City Council members who approved a purported “solitary confinement” ban in the city’s correctional facilities of playing a “sleight of hand” to push through reforms that, he says, would undermine the security of detainees and guards alike.

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Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday accused City Council members who approved a purported “solitary confinement” ban in the city’s correctional facilities of playing a “sleight of hand” to push through reforms that, he says, would undermine the

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