Dear New Yorkers, Kareem Mayo’s 23-year-old murder conviction has been tossed by a Brooklyn judge. But the 48-year-old remains locked up on Rikers Island. Why? He’s waiting for a fitting for an ankle monitor while the Brooklyn District Attorney decides whether to appeal the decision, drop charges or retry the case. And that process is tied up with the sheriffs, which are part of a city agency that oversee tax assessments, collections, boots on delinquent vehicles and monitors on people awaiting possible trials. “It doesn’t make sense to me,” Mayo told THE CITY during a jailhouse phone interview on Friday. “They are still playing hardball. I got 23 years in. What more do they want?” Read more here. Some other items of note: The Brooklyn district attorney’s is investigating allegations of forgeries and favoritism in the borough’s Democratic Party that were first reported by THE CITY, our newsroom has learned. In the investigative series published last year, our reporters identified multiple forged documents filed with the city Board of Elections. The Fletcher family — mom Veronica and 17-year-old Joshua, 14-year-old Zachary and 10-year-old Madison — join the FAQ NYC podcast to open up about remembering and grieving for husband and father Joseph Trevor Fletcher, who they lost to COVID in April 2020. Listen here. Stand away from the platform edge — THE CITY’s latest subway quiz is coming through. If you’ve already taken it, add one point to your score; we went off the rails on Question 8. See how New York City’s doing with our newsroom’s economic recovery tracker. For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.
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