A new NYC commission is charged with making sure Rikers is closed by 2027
on worsening conditions at the Rikers Island jail facility, the New York City Council speaker has revived a commission to help make sure the troubled jailed facility is shut down by August 2027.“It is clear that Rikers is not serving New Yorkers and continues to undermine public safety in our city,” she said.
Lippman said in a statement that his priorities include safely reducing the jail population, focusing on people with serious mental illness, giving people access to speedy trials and accelerating the construction of borough-based jails. Darren Mack, Freedom Agenda co-director, said its network of advocates for incarcerated people hoped Mayor Eric Adams would work with the commission on its goals.
Around that time, the Independent Rikers Commission was first established by Melissa Mark-Viverito, the former Council speaker.
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