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Protestors hold signs calling for the closure of Rikers Island jails at a rally in 2019.
The city’s plan to close Rikers by 2027 is “not a perfect plan, but it’s the best plan thus far. And to do the bold and necessary thing—to see this plan through to completion—will take moral courage and political leadership.”
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