on WNYC now I'll turn to a bombshell investigation from our gothamus newsroom that uncovered

allegations of systemic sexual abuse spanning decades at the women's jail on Rikers Island.

And a warning, this conversation will likely include descriptions of sexual assault that may not be suitable for some listeners, so make your choices if you want to tune in or tune out.

But you remember the Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year look-back window allowing women

who experienced sexual assault to file claims against their abusers years after the statute of limitations expired.

The recent allegation against Mayor Adams came from that look back window opening. So did the E. Jean Carroll case against

Donald Trump. Now we learn, thanks to WNYC and Gothamist investigative reporting, that

out of the women alleging they were assaulted while incarcerated at the Rosem Singer Center on Rikers Island.

So do the math, this amounts to over 60% of all suits filed in New York State under the

Adult Survivors Act.

With us now to discuss the findings of their investigation and what they may mean,

our Gothamist and WNYC reporters Jesse Edwards and Samantha Max. Hi, Jesse, Samantha, thank you for coming on.

Thanks Brian.

So I will just ask the questions you too can figure out who gets to answer them because I don't know which piece of the reporting you each did.

But what did you look for for this story? answer them because I don't know which piece of the reporting you each did but what

did you look for for this story and what did you find? All right Samantha you go

first. Hi Ryan sorry just suggesting my microphone uh... first i just wanted to

mention one slate data note so actually the one thousand two hundred fifty six

lawsuits filed those were specifically the lawsuits that were filed in state Supreme Courts in New York City.

There were others filed across the state.

It's more than 4,000 total lawsuits filed across the state.

But in New York City, the cases that were filed

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