NY Observer > Rikers Island http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26994/feed Articles from Observer.com en Events for November 8, 2006 http://www.observer.com/node/30600 Tomorrow is... the City Department of Environmental Protection's Employee Recognition Day at DC 37 headquarters! Okay, not as exciting as election day but here we go..

The board of directors of the City's Economic Development Corporation meet at 110 William Street.

Gary Ackerman hosts a town hall meeting for small business owners at the public library in Corona, Queens.

Prisoner and AIDS advocates protest the closure of the HIV testing program at Rikers Island on the steps of City Hall.

A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at the Brooklyn VA hospital.

Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro announces funding for the Staten Island Recreation Association's therapeutic horseback riding program. James Gennaro and John Liu host a Kristallnacht commemoration at the Free Synagogue of Flushing.

People for the American Way host a discussion of the election results and debate on same-sex marriage at their Northeast Regional Office.

The International Rescue Committee honors Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirlief at their Freedom Award dinner at the Waldorf, which John Edwards is also scheduled to attend.

Susan Sarandon is honored at the Habitat for Humanity gala at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Bob Schieffer moderates a panel discussion on national security reporting with journalists Dana Priest, James Risen, Pierre Thomas and David Remnick at the Sheraton.

—Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30600#comments Politics Brooklyn Gary Ackerman James Molinaro Rikers Island Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:30:00 -0500 Observer Staff 30600 at http://www.observer.com Amid Gates Hoopla, D.O.T. Sign Takes A Walk http://www.observer.com/node/50477 Christo's The Gates may have survived its visit to New York without significant loss or vandalism-al  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50477#comments Media Astoria Ralph Gardner Rikers Island York City Department of Transportation Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Ralph Gardner Jr. 50477 at http://www.observer.com Crime Blotter http://www.observer.com/node/46324 Enraged Double-Parkers Take On Ticket-Writing D.O.T.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46324#comments Media BMW AG NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Rikers Island U.S. Department of Transportation Sun, 04 Aug 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Ralph Gardner Jr. 46324 at http://www.observer.com Rikers Reunion: My Big-House Visit Stirs Up Memories http://www.observer.com/node/46149 I recently attended my 20th reunion.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46149#comments Alan Feuer John Mohan Rikers Island Warden Goodman Sun, 16 Jun 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Ralph Gardner Jr. 46149 at http://www.observer.com Friday Morning Breakfast Club: One Judge, 30 Teenagers and Me http://www.observer.com/node/45709 Long ago, when I was single, I'd sometimes take my dates to night court.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/45709#comments Italy Manhattan Michael Corriero Rikers Island Sun, 10 Mar 2002 19:00:00 -0500 Ralph Gardner Jr. 45709 at http://www.observer.com What It's Like on the Inside: The Inequities of Rikers Island http://www.observer.com/node/44740 Inside Rikers , by Jennifer Wynn. St.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44740#comments Arts & Culture Al Gore Columbia Jennifer Wynn Rikers Island Sun, 22 Jul 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Roger Gathman 44740 at http://www.observer.com Constitution Isn't Worth Parchment It's Written On http://www.observer.com/node/40976 Any C-Span viewer of recent Potomac cavortings has the evidence of his orher eyes to know how rankly  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/40976#comments California Montana Rikers Island U.S. Congress Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:00:00 -0500 Nicholas von Hoffman 40976 at http://www.observer.com Complaints Prompt Scrutiny of St. Barnabas Hospital http://www.observer.com/node/40892 On June 25, Yvette Green, a pregnant detainee at Rikers Island, went to one of the jail's medical cl  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/40892#comments Health and Hospitals Corporation Joseph Kennedy Rikers Island Sabrina Green Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:00:00 -0400 Katherine Eban Finkelstein 40892 at http://www.observer.com