Brooklyn Borough President Adams Issues Statement on City Council Vote to Close Rikers Island
October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019
BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 17 -- Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams issued the following statement on city council vote to close Rikers Island and open a Borough-based jail system:
"For all the effort it has taken to close the physical structures on Rikers Island, it will be much more difficult to close the pipeline that has fed Rikers for decades. Solving the underlying causes of crime and recidivism are a pressing challenge we must take on as a city, a challenge that has . . .
"For all the effort it has taken to close the physical structures on Rikers Island, it will be much more difficult to close the pipeline that has fed Rikers for decades. Solving the underlying causes of crime and recidivism are a pressing challenge we must take on as a city, a challenge that has . . .