Is New York City Mayor Eric Adams changing his stance on the beleaguered Rikers Island jail?
Mayor Eric Adams dropped quite a bombshell at City Hall on Tuesday, suggesting a possible second chance for the troubled prison.
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed to shut down Rikers by 2027, but now the current mayor wants City Council to reconsider, given the astronomical costs of shutting down the huge incarceration center, then spending billions more to build neighborhood prisons in four out of the five boroughs. "We have to remain safe as a city," Adams said. "As the plan currently stands, there's a question, that is this a good public safety decision?"
"It's trying to destroy Chinatown's original flavor, social structure, which I really resent," Chinatown worker Yuan Deng.
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