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The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, paints a picture of panic when the blaze broke out at the jail's North Infirmary Command unit in April 2023.
Daniel Hyden, 44, pleaded not guilty to charges including vehicular homicide, manslaughter, assault and driving while intoxicated.
Police say Pedro Felix stabbed his little stepbrother to death and also attacked his father and stepmother.
The incident occurred roughly two weeks after another pair of teenagers drowned off Jacob Riis Park in Queens.