New York City reaches $28 million settlement in Rikers Island lawsuit

NEW YORK -- Madeline Feliciano alleges three Rikers Island correction officers and a captain waited nearly eight minutes before helping her grandson, Nicholas Feliciano when he attempted suicide in a jail cell in November 2019. A report by the Correction Department Oversight Board found he was left hanging for 7 minutes and 51 seconds. His grandmother says Nicholas suffered brain damage as a result. He was 18 years old at the time and had been arrested after getting into a fight.

District Court in Manhattan, the city will pay Madeline Feliciano $28.75 million. 'This settlement will just help Nicholas with his medical condition and therapies for the rest of his life, the damage is already done. Nicholas will never be the same. His future got taken away,' Madeline Feliciano said in a statement.CBS News New York has reached out to the Department of Correction for comment on the settlement.

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