Roadmap to More Just, Humane Era: NYC Changing Official City Map to Make Rikers Island Public Place by 2026
December 02, 2019
December 02, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio issued the following news release:
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- Map change will ensure that a correctional facility will never be allowed on Rikers again
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As part of its ongoing commitment to close the jail facilities at Rikers Island, today the City began the land use process to officially prohibit the incarceration of individuals there after December 31, 2026, when the borough-based jail system is expected to . . .
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- Map change will ensure that a correctional facility will never be allowed on Rikers again
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As part of its ongoing commitment to close the jail facilities at Rikers Island, today the City began the land use process to officially prohibit the incarceration of individuals there after December 31, 2026, when the borough-based jail system is expected to . . .