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Roosevelt Island man: I was beaten by officers

A Roosevelt Island man has filed a notice of claim saying he intends to sue the island's committee of peace officers regarding a Jan. 13 incident in which he said several officers beat and held him for a week -- first in a detention center and then a hospital -- without charging him with a crime, his attorney said Wednesday.

Roosevelt Island resident Anthony Jones, 20, contends he was standing...

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