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  July 10, 2025 New York Amsterdam News

  Adopted FY26 budget ramps up efforts to close Rikers Island

  Public safety investments in the adopted $115.9 billion budget centered on the city’s mandate to close Rikers Island as the legal deadline approaches the two-year mark at the end of next month.

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  July 08, 2025 The City

  As Rikers Population Surges, Correction Department Bid to Add Beds Stalls

  Despite a growing number of detainees, the city’s jail oversight board rejected a request to expand dorm capacity — leaving officials scrambling for alternatives.

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  July 01, 2025 ENR East

  Marine Terminal Planned for Site of Former New York City Floating Jail

  Hunts Point Marine Terminal will create a point to unload freight off large ships

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  June 27, 2025 City Limits

  Opinion: Why NYC Must Fund Alternative to Incarceration & Reentry Programs

  “We never turn people away, yet the demand consistently exceeds resources. Despite these challenges, our programs are proven to reduce recidivism, emergency room visits, and homelessness—at a fraction of the cost of incarceration.”

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  June 19, 2025 Queens Chronicle

  Fortune has hope in humanity

  LIC nonprofit assists formerly incarcerated people with reentry into society

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