The de Blasio administration’s plans to build four jails and close the Rikers Island compound were paused by the pandemic but are now on track to be completed by 2027, Department of Correction officials said this week.
Whether the borough-based jails will rise as now intended in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx, however, depends on factors including that Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, while generally supportive of the plan as well as the decarceration philosophy supporting it, has expressed concerns about their footprints and locations.
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