The federal monitor on violence in New York City jails added fuel Monday to his contention in several reports last month that the Correction Department engaged in attempted cover-ups of five serious incidents including two deaths.
Correction officials are accused by a federal court monitor of covering up the May 20 incident involving Ovidio Porras, who is accused of killing his 78-year-old wife, Luz Porras, by shoving her down down a stairway in their Woodhaven home.