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Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Sep 2017

Justice Video

Video: Sal Albanese Outlines His Plan for Closing Rikers

Albanese described a plan that revolved around thinning out the population on the island and then closing the facilities there that displayed the worst conditions.

ByMegumi Ozaki 0Comments

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Aug 2017

Uncategorized

Help Wanted for City Jails … Are Lawmakers Abusing the Mail? Campaign Headlines for Aug. 30

What makes less sense: the city paying to provide security at ritzy private schools, or lawmakers from six hours away having a say over the MTA?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2017

Government Justice

Election 2017 Policy Brief: Closing Rikers

There will be questions about this topic during the mayoral race. The bigger questions will be answered down the line.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Government Justice

De Blasio and the Difficult Task of Closing Rikers Island

The biggest reason for the doubts about de Blasio’s devotion to closing Rikers is that doing so will require tough decisions in a policy area where this mayor faces unusually…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Justice

Brooklyn DA Hopefuls Stake Out Positions on Bail Reform, Key to Closing Rikers

A point of contention among the candidates is how much the DA’s office is currently doing to limit the use of bail in cases involving alleged misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.

ByTheodore Hamm 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Lots of Talk About Closing Rikers, Not Enough About Shutting ‘Broken Windows’

Amidst the splash created by Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to close Rikers, it’s somewhat surprising that there hasn’t been more attention to the future of broken-windows policing.

ByTheodore Hamm 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Justice

Closing Rikers Goes from Pipe Dream to Policy

The city will sweat the details for a long time. But let’s give de Blasio his due for putting his stamp on history.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Mar 2017

Opinion

No BackSpace: Shackling Inmates Will Only Make Rikers Violence Worse

A veteran DOC officer writes: ‘We simply must develop the will to expend the money for services and staff, rather than on restraint chairs and solitary cells.’

ByDavid A. Fullard 1Comment

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Jan 2017

In Depth Investigations Justice

Reports Indicate City’s Progress is Slow on Mental Health Planning for Inmates

Thirteen years after settling a case over mental-health discharge planning for people leaving Rikers, New York is getting closer to the goals it agreed to. But looming changes in federal…

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

Bill de Blasio’s Police Reform Agenda has Achieved Much and Disappointed Many