About an hour into the rally by jail-officer unions just outside the Hazen Street Bridge to Rikers Island Aug. 16, Correction Officers' Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio accused the de Blasio administration of trying to make conditions there worse: "'Let's let Rikers Island fall apart so we can have a narrative that says we gotta close it down.'"
Even from a veteran of the jail system, this would have seemed to be an exceedingly cynical take on the Mayor's motives, but Mr. Boscio put some meat on the bone by noting, "When the subways became too dangerous, the Mayor sent in more police."
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