BY JON CRONIN Editor In the wake of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to close Rikers Island, a group of City Council members have authored a letter to the mayor to float the idea of utilizing... Read more
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan last week to close Rikers Island—the 85-year-old jail that has long been a source of controversy due to violence, abuse and neglect of prisoners—within... Read more
