Manhattan Institute: New Report Recommends Better Alternative to Rikers Replacement Plan
May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020
NEW YORK, May 14 -- The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research issued the following news release:
The Covid-19 pandemic puts the serious deficiencies of Rikers Island into sharp relief, but long before the coronavirus arrived in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council approved a plan to replace the complex with four new borough-based jails
In light of the budget crisis the city is now facing and critical shortcomings of the current plan, a new Manhattan Ins . . .
The Covid-19 pandemic puts the serious deficiencies of Rikers Island into sharp relief, but long before the coronavirus arrived in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council approved a plan to replace the complex with four new borough-based jails
In light of the budget crisis the city is now facing and critical shortcomings of the current plan, a new Manhattan Ins . . .