Opening four borough jails to replace the beleaguered Rikers Island complex is emerging as a politically explosive issue for Mayor Eric Adams amid outrage over the city’s crime surge
A hint of the backlash that lies ahead surfaced at the inaugural ceremony for new Lower East Side CouncilmanIn a surprise announcement during his speech, Marte suggested he had persuaded Adams to oppose opening a “mega jail” in Chinatown.
Attendees at the Lunar New Year Parade held signs protesting the city’s plans for the Manhattan Detention Complex.The Kew Garden Court Parking Lot where a proposed jail site is set to be located.The four new jails are slated to be built on the site of the NYPD’s Bronx tow pound, at the now-closed Queens Detention Center in Kew Gardens and at the current sites of the Brooklyn Detention Complex in Boerum Hill and Manhattan Detention Complex in Chinatown.
Politicians and prisoner advocacy groups gather for a rally and press conference outside of the main entrance to Rikers Island regarding the poor conditions in the jail.The Community Preservation Coalition are pushing a phone and text blitz campaign urging council members and the mayor to consider a plan to modernize the Rikers complex.“The city will continue to meet with communities, hear their concerns, and incorporate their feedback into the on-going process,” the rep said.
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