RICHARDS: Close Rikers now or risk never closing it at all
/“I am proud to be voting yes on October 17.”
Read More“I am proud to be voting yes on October 17.”
Read MoreThe hearing is scheduled for Sept. 5.
Read More“If you put solar panels on 25 percent of Rikers Island, we will be able to close every toxic power plant that has been opened in the last two decades in New York City.”
Read MoreThe city has said it will fully close Rikers — the 10-jail complex that currently houses just over 7,500 people — by 2026 but activists want it shut down now.
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