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NYC Awards $7B for Replacement Jails With 2027 Deadline to Close Rikers Looming

Contractors have been chosen for two jail replacement projects located in Queens and the Bronx.

NYC announces $7 billion design and construction contracts for two borough-based jails

The New York City Department of Design and Construction has issued two new contracts for what will become the first two facilities in the city s progressive borough-based jails system. The bids from Leon D. DeMatteis Construction Corp. for the $3.9 billion new Queens jail and Transformative Reform.

As replacement costs for Rikers climbs, key NYC commission looking for answers

The request for a review comes amid growing concern that the Adams administration is nowhere hear the legally mandated 2027 deadline for shutting down the jails on Rikers Island and building four new ones in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.

Rikers is supposed to close in 2027, but 2 replacement jails won't open until 2031

New jails in Bronx, Queens on track to open four years after deadline to close Rikers Island