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“Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a useful boogeyman for opponents of the Rikers closure plan, especially in Manhattan. It’s also a fabrication.”
READ MORE“Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root, and getting things done.”
READ MOREPrograms like this – combining safe affordable housing with services – have proven to be very effective in overcoming the significant barriers facing homeless individuals.
READ MORE“I know firsthand the toll that adult prosecution takes on teenagers. When I was 17 years old, I was arrested, charged, and sentenced as an adult, and ultimately spent 10 years in adult prisons."
READ MORECEO and President JoAnne Page pens an opinion piece on NYC Mayor Adams' obligation to solve the crisis on Rikers Island.
READ MORECEO and President JoAnne Page in the New York Times Letters to the Editor.
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