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The city Law Department is reviewing allegations of sexual assault in the jails, according to Adams.
No one with the name Champagne worked at Rikers at the time. Court records provided a clue to his identity.
The judge said he was issuing a new arrest for landlord Daniel Ohebshalom, who served 60 days for contempt of court earlier this year.
Members gave Council Speaker Adrienne Adams the authority to sue Mayor Eric Adams' administration if a ban on solitary confinement is not implemented this month.