Officials Agree to Replace Rikers Island with Other NYC-Based Facilities

Tribune Broadcasting 2018-02-15

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday an agreement to move forward on closing Rikers Island and create a "smaller, safer and fairer borough-based jail system."

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