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A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, marking the ninth reported death of someone in or recently released from the New York City Department of Correction’s custody so far this year.
An officer found the man on a bathroom floor at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Tuesday morning and provided him aid, according to the agency. Medical staff responded, but the man could not be revived and was pronounced dead around 8:30 a.m., officials said…