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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

in a way, aren't we all just feral cats on Rikers Island waiting for our Gloria Murli to save us?

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Ralph Gardner Jr.'s avatar

Great reporting on the cat lady of Rikers. I worked in their PR office in the late 1970’s -- around the time she began her career as a correction officer -- when the prison population was a fraction of today’s and the island far less built up. There was so much lawn you could spot pheasant there. Wasn’t aware of the cat population back then. It probably exploded along with the prison population. Wonder if there’s a correlation?

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