Opponents of a city plan to build a 2,000-bed jail in Hunts Point are celebrating. Citing the economy, the city has decided not to build it. And as a bonus it’s moving the jail barge anchored near the Fulton Fish Market to Rikers Island. The whole story is in The Hunts Point Express.
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