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The only sane answer is to just build new jails on Rikers Island, and transfer inmates as practical, writes The Post Editorial Board.The de Blasio era law requiring City Hall to close the 15,000-bed jail complex in two years has run head-on into community opposition to the borough-based jails, plus the endless delays that are routine in any large New York government project.
, “with every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.”Come to France for the food, fashion and sights — just don't expect friendly peopleThe $3.8 million Chinatown jail is now supposedly slated to complete in 2032, the Bronx and Queens ones in 2031 and the Brooklyn facility in 2029. Yet Council Speaker Adrienne Adams refuses to even amend the law to admit those realities, as Mayor Eric Adams requests.New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams delivers the 2025 State of the City address at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 4.The only sane answer is to just build new jails on Rikers Island, and transfer inmates as practical.before the city has anywhere else to put 7,000 dangerous people is the perfect sign of just how deranged you have to be to remain a New York City progressive.President Trump's right: If our Navy doesn't get more ships, we'll never beat China in a war Yankees great announces death of 14-year-old son after tragedy strikes family vacation: 'So many questions'US attorney found dead at 43 was in charge of cases targeting CIA leaks, Russian fraud The only sane answer is to just build new jails on Rikers Island, and transfer inmates as practical, writes The Post Editorial Board.New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams delivers the 2025 State of the City address at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 4. Yankees star Brett Gardner announces 'beloved' son Miller, 14, died in his sleep during family vacation: 'He lived life to the fullest'
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