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Mamdani protested new jails. Now he’s committing to building them.

23 days ago

By Jeff Coltin

CBS News

Final NYC mayoral debate has Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa all on the attack

4 days ago

By Renee Anderson & Jesse Zanger

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to save Rikers Island, New York's notorious jail complex

18 days ago

By Anthony Izaguirre

Evrim Ağacı

Rikers Island Closure Fuels Tense New York Mayoral Race

Yesterday

City & State New York

A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island

Aug 26

By Sahalie Donaldson

Queens Daily Eagle

With 2027 out of reach, Council passes bills to move Rikers’ closure along

Sep 10

By Jacob Kaye

The New York Times

To Finally Close Rikers, Panel Suggests Making It Someone’s Only Job

Mar 19

By Hurubie Meko

THE CITY - NYC News

Cuomo’s Rikers Proposal Slammed as ‘Political Scam’ by Jail Advocates

17 days ago

By Reuven Blau

Spectrum News NY1

Cuomo shifts on Rikers plan, calls for new jail construction on island

17 days ago

By Ayana Harry

amNewYork

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo pledges to scrap Rikers closure plan, build new facilities on island instead of boro-based jails

18 days ago

By Ethan Stark-Miller

City Journal

The Plan to Close Rikers Is Failing—But No One Will Admit It

Apr 10

By Nicole Gelinas

New York Post

Andrew Cuomo would scrap plan to close Rikers Island if elected NYC mayor: ‘New York City’s Big Ditch’

18 days ago

By Carl Campanile

Hell Gate

City Council Forges Ahead on Closing Rikers

Apr 17

Politico

Eric Adams supports new finding that Rikers jail won't close by legal deadline

Mar 19

By Joe Anuta & Cris Seda Chabrier

New York Amsterdam News

Adopted FY26 budget ramps up efforts to close Rikers Island

Jul 10

Spectrum News NY1

The challenge of Rikers Island for the next mayor

24 days ago

By Courtney Gross

Queens Daily Eagle

Cuomo would abandon borough jails and rebuild Rikers if elected

18 days ago

By Jacob Kaye

THE CITY - NYC News

Cuomo Details How He’d Ditch $16 Billion Borough Jail Project and Rebuild Rikers Instead

11 days ago

By Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Politico

Adams and Adams clash on Rikers

Mar 20

By Jeff Coltin

Queens Daily Eagle

Mayor suggests Rikers should stay open

May 7

By Jacob Kaye

MSN

Chinatown jail could not be completed until 2032 — five years after 2027 Rikers closure date

11 days ago

By Ethan Stark-Miller

amNewYork

amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?

Sep 24

By Robert Pozarycki & Claude Solnik

Queens Daily Eagle

City cannot shut Rikers by 2027, landmark report finds

Mar 19

By Jacob Kaye

Queens Daily Eagle

Council and mayor’s office clash over Rikers’ closure plan

Apr 18

By Jacob Kaye

City & State New York

Opinion: Despite undeniable obstacles, Rikers Island can still be closed

Jan 14

amNewYork

‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closure

Mar 19

By Jada Camille

boltsmag.org

“The Mayor Is Not in Charge of the Jails Anymore”

May 30

By Piper French

Patch

Cuomo Says He Would Scrap Rikers Island Closure Plan, Rebuild Complex Instead

18 days ago

By David Luces

ABC7 New York

Inside Rikers Island NYC: 7 On Your Side Investigates gets exclusive look at flooding, sewage complaints at jail

May 27

By Dan Krauth

citylimits.org

Opinion: Closing Rikers Is the Only Way Forward

Sep 5

By Erik Bottcher

Queens Daily Eagle

Days after commission issues plan to close Rikers, mayor charts his own path – with few details

Mar 21

By Jacob Kaye

Washington Examiner

Cuomo calls to rebuild Rikers Island jail, spurning plan to close complex

18 days ago

By Ross O'Keefe

New York Amsterdam News

OP-ED: With Rikers Island, Eric Adams has made a bad situation worse

May 29

By Gabriel Sayegh

Queens Chronicle

Rikers won’t close on time: new report

Mar 20

By Stephanie Meditz

PIX11

‘It can never happen’: Cuomo clarifies stance on Rikers Island closure

16 days ago

By Dan Mannarino, Veronica Kennedy & Ben Mitchell

THE CITY - NYC News

City Jail Population Surpasses 7,000, Headed in Wrong Direction for Close-Rikers Plan

Mar 20

By Reuven Blau

BKReader

Cuomo Calls For Rikers Island to be Rebuilt Into New, Humane Jail Complex

18 days ago

Queens Chronicle

Rikers won’t close on time: new report

Mar 27

By Stephanie Meditz

New York Post

As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it

Mar 23

Queens Daily Eagle

With receivership looming, what could the future of Rikers look like?

Jan 14

By Jacob Kaye

ABC7 New York

Rikers Island to be taken out of NYC control, federal judge rules

May 14

Queens Daily Eagle

City Council asks judge to protect their power over Rikers ahead of receivership ruling

Feb 12

By Jacob Kaye

Crain's New York Business

Cuomo says he wants to rebuild Rikers Island into a 'state-of-the-art' new jail

18 days ago

By Jack Grieve

The New York Times

Rikers Island Not Likely to Close by 2027 Deadline, N.Y.C. Official Says (Published 2024)

Mar 4, 2024

By Dana Rubinstein

Spectrum News NY1

Rikers commission outlines new plan to close jail complex sooner

Mar 19

By Courtney Gross

CBS News

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says 1 of 4 jails to replace Rikers will be a "state-of-the-art mental health facility"

Mar 20

By Marcia Kramer

Queens Daily Eagle

Rikers replacement in Manhattan to open five years after jail complex’s closure

Jan 24

By Jacob Kaye

Straight Arrow News

NYC suspends 3 employees after inmate dies in Rikers Island custody: Report

Aug 26

By Krystal Nurse & Cole Lauterbach

New York Post

Hooray! The ‘close Rikers’ deadline slipped again — time to admit it’ll never happen

Jan 29

New York Amsterdam News

NYC jails death count rises as Rikers’ closure receives new roadmap

Mar 27

By Tandy Lau

Queens Chronicle

City agents, Rikers commission at odds

Apr 24

By Stephanie Meditz

New York Post

Lefty NYC Council pols want to spend $1M to speed up Rikers Island closure

Apr 16

By Haley Brown

amNewYork

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

Aug 4

BKReader

Rikers Island Wont Close by 2027 Deadline, Report Says

Mar 19

Yahoo News UK

NYC Mayor Eric Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island jail

May 2

By Josephine Stratman, Graham A. Rayman & Chris Sommerfeldt

Liberation News

Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death, conditions at Rikers have only gotten worse

Jun 6

PIX11

City council, activists defend Rikers Island closure plan amid criticism

Apr 16

By Henry Rosoff

prismreports.org

Exhibit on Rikers Island history provides deeper insights into jail’s impact

Feb 18

By Tamar Sarai

Politico

NYC vowed to close one of the nation’s worst jails. It isn’t going very well.

Oct 12, 2023

By Joe Anuta

Black Agenda Report

Rikers Island, Slave Catching, and the Modern Carceral State

Mar 7

By Margaret Kimberley

The Times

Rikers Island prison: judge takes action after dozens die in squalor

Nov 28, 2024

By Bevan Hurley

Queens Daily Eagle

Court officials say plan to reduce population on Rikers shows early signs of success

Mar 19

By Jacob Kaye

The New York Times

Judge Finds New York in Contempt, Clearing the Way for Rikers Takeover

Nov 27, 2024

By Jan Ransom & Hurubie Meko

New York Daily News

NYC Mayor Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island

May 2

By Graham A. Rayman, Josephine Stratman & Chris Sommerfeldt

Brooklyn Eagle

City Council sets policy brief on steps for closure of Rikers Island

Apr 16

amNewYork

New Jail in Chinatown Signals Rikers Closure Progress

Jan 23

By Ethan Stark-Miller

New York Amsterdam News

Mayor Adams touts $115B budget, doubles down on not closing Rikers

May 8

By Ariama C. Long

Crain's New York Business

Judge will appoint receiver to take over Rikers Island jail

May 13

By Nick Garber

New York Post

NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams ripped for calling Rikers Island 'death camp' while admitting troubled jail won't close by 2027

Apr 7

New York Daily News

Rikers closure is law, so duly fund it

Jun 27

The New York Times

Can a Court’s ‘Last Resort’ Fix New York City’s Jails?

Nov 29, 2024

By Ashley Southall

New York Post

Exclusive | Eric Adams rips NYC lawmaker who called for Rikers closure then gripes about jail construction in his own district: ‘Hypocrite’

Apr 6

By Carl Campanile

citylimits.org

Opinion: NYC Needs a Mayor Who is Serious About Safety

Jun 23

By Melissa Mark-Viverito & Darren Mack

citylimits.org

Funding Boost Could Fulfill City's Pledge to Expand Housing for New Yorkers Who Cycle Between Shelter and Jail

Aug 14

By Jeanmarie Evelly

New York Daily News

Real political leadership needed to shut Rikers

Apr 15

By Nicholas Turner

Queens Chronicle

Queens jail plan worries civic leaders

Mar 13

By Stephanie Meditz

The Broadsheet

Penitentiary Pivot

Jun 5

New York Daily News

Psych facility weighed over planned Manhattan jail as Adams rethinks ‘Close Rikers’ plan

May 6

By Graham A. Rayman, Josephine Stratman & Chris Sommerfeldt

The New York Times

Why Is Rikers Island Still Open? (Published 2021)

Oct 15, 2021

By Ginia Bellafante

Queens Daily Eagle

Mayor makes vague pitch to turn borough-based jail into mental health treatment facility

Nov 26, 2024

By Jacob Kaye

Davis Vanguard

New Rikers Report Offers Urgent Roadmap Amid Growing Population and Delays

Apr 5

Politico

Waiting to close Rikers

Mar 13, 2023

By Zachary Schermele

Washington Examiner

Cuomo calls to rebuild Rikers Island jail, spurning plan to close complex

18 days ago

The Broadsheet

Jail House Shock

Jan 28

THE CITY - NYC News

Rikers Island Shutdown Plan Progresses With Construction Firms for New Manhattan Jail

Nov 19, 2024

By Reuven Blau

New York Post

Socialist Zohran Mamdani once questioned 'purpose' of prisons, jails -- raising alarm bells: 'It's scary'

Jul 18

By Craig McCarthy, David Propper & Larry Celona

New York Daily News

NYC commission calls for fixes to speed Close Rikers timeline, reduce jail population

Mar 19

By Graham A. Rayman

The New York Times

Opinion | Where’s the Best Place to Build a Casino in New York City? (Published 2022)

Dec 29, 2022

By Neil Barsky

The New York Times

As Conditions Worsen at Rikers, New Commission Revives Push to Close It (Published 2023)

Oct 19, 2023

By Jeffery C. Mays

City & State New York

Opinion: Is it possible to get the effort to close Rikers Island back on track?

Apr 12, 2024

By Greg Berman

Tribeca Citizen

New renderings for White Street jail emerge

Feb 11

New York Post

Don’t let NYC’s anti-jail fanatics block Jessica Tisch’s crimefighting plans

Mar 12

By Betsy McCaughey

Politico

Eric Adams straddles the line on Rikers closure plan

Dec 15, 2021

By Erin Durkin

New York Post

NYC found in contempt over 'grave' conditions at Rikers Island — with fed takeover increasingly likely

Nov 27, 2024

By Ben Kochman, Matt Troutman & Craig McCarthy

City & State New York

Opinion: Closing Rikers is the joke of the decade

Jul 28, 2023

By Elias Husamudeen

Queens Daily Eagle

The city has three years to close Rikers – can it be done?

Aug 27, 2024

By Jacob Kaye

Queens Daily Eagle

Mayor casts doubt on plan to close Rikers

Aug 31, 2022

By Jacob Kaye

Rolling Out

Charizma Jones’ Death at Rikers Exposes Prison Health Care

Jan 2

By Amari Apple

YES! Magazine

The Vision of a Renewable Rikers Island in NYC

Nov 7, 2023

By Claire Greenburger

The New York Times

N.Y.C. Votes to Close Rikers. Now Comes the Hard Part. (Published 2019)

Oct 17, 2019

By Matthew Haag

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