Rep. Serrano, Others Lead Letter Urging City Leadership to Halt Plans to Construct Prison Facility in South Bronx
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Jose E. Serrano, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 28:
Congressman Jose E. Serrano and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., along with 9 Bronx based State Senators and Assembly members, wrote to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson asking them to reconsider funding and constructions plans of a new jail facility in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood and reallocate the funding for programs aimed . . .
Congressman Jose E. Serrano and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., along with 9 Bronx based State Senators and Assembly members, wrote to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson asking them to reconsider funding and constructions plans of a new jail facility in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood and reallocate the funding for programs aimed . . .