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Rikers Island Gets World Cup | New York City News
While New York City celebrated the World Cup on big screens, over 100 inmates at Rikers Island got a rare, catered viewing of the semifinal — a reward for good behavior meant to boost safety in the notoriously chaotic jail. Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards, a former Rikers inmate, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the event, reminding attendees they’re still New Yorkers. Amid ongoing shutdown delays and reports of fires and guard abandonments, the match offered a fleeting moment of normalcy — one inmate called it the first time he’d had “real food like that.” As Argentina advanced to…
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