A number of towering mega-prisons are in the works as officials look to beef up their fight against out-of-control prison populations and crumbling infrastructure.
The effort to comply with a 2019 law mandating the closure of Rikers Island is in jeopardy — and with it the reputation of the city’s public-safety mayor.
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and Member Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan), chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, released a joint statement last Thursday in response to concerns voiced by Mayor
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan), chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, released a joint statement Thursday in response to concerns made by Mayor Adams about