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Activists rally, demand answers after transgender woman’s Rikers death

Dozens of transgender activists rallied in Lower Manhattan Monday to demand answers after a transgender woman originally from Yonkers was found dead in her cell at Rikers Island.

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Activists rally, demand answers after transgender woman’s Rikers death

Dozens of transgender activists rallied in Lower Manhattan Monday to demand answers after a transgender woman originally from Yonkers was found dead in her cell at Rikers Island.

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