Council and mayor’s office clash over Rikers’ closure plan

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Council and mayor’s office clash over Rikers’ closure plan

The mayor’s office and the City Council remained in a standoff over the closure of Rikers Island on Wednesday, unable to agree on how the city should chart a new path toward shutting the deadly jail complex.

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Days after commission issues plan to close Rikers, mayor charts his own path – with few details

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Days after commission issues plan to close Rikers, mayor charts his own path – with few details

Two days after a city-appointed commission unveiled a new plan to close Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams began to chart his own path regarding the dangerous jail complex’s future.

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Mayor makes vague pitch to turn borough-based jail into mental health treatment facility

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Mayor makes vague pitch to turn borough-based jail into mental health treatment facility

Mayor Eric Adams pitched a vague plan to turn one of the city’s proposed – and extremely delayed – borough-based jail facilities into a mental health treatment jail, confusing advocates and lawmakers who say the mayor has thus far resisted calls to support treatment facilities and programs for detainees.

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The city has three years to close Rikers – can it be done?

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The city has three years to close Rikers – can it be done?

As the three-year countdown to the closure of the jails on Rikers Island begins this week, major questions remain about whether or not the city will – or even can – meet the August 2027 deadline to shutter the notorious complex.

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