In the six years since Mayor DeBlasio committed to closing the deadly and decrepit Rikers Island jail complex, which traumatizes and impoverishes tens of thousands of New Yorkers every year – making every other social improvement goal harder to attain – momentum has waxed and waned.
The Battle for Rikers
The Battle for Rikers
The Battle for Rikers
In the six years since Mayor DeBlasio committed to closing the deadly and decrepit Rikers Island jail complex, which traumatizes and impoverishes tens of thousands of New Yorkers every year – making every other social improvement goal harder to attain – momentum has waxed and waned.