On Thursday, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams underscored the council’s commitment to making the 2027 deadline, noting work on the borough-based jails began in 2022.
The notice indicates the contract will run for 2,317 days from the date of the notice to proceed or just over six years placing the completion date in 2029, two years past the mandated deadline.
People who work, visit, and serve time at the notorious "House of Dead Men" never forget the horrors of their first day. Here, they tell Esquire about fighting for their lives behind bars.