Gregory Acevedo, 48, jumped roughly 50 feet from the rooftop recreation yard at the Vernon C. Bain Center in Hunt’s Point about 11:44 a.m. Tuesday after climbing a fence and crawling through razor wire in an escape attempt. He was removed from the river unresponsive and in cardiac arrest by NYPD harbor unit cops, who took him to a pier on Rikers Island. The death comes less than two months from a key federal court hearing which may decide whether the jails remain in the city’s control or are turned over to a federal receiver.Read Long Article
