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Rikers Island will close: de Blasio
The Rikers Island jail complex will be closed, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday afternoon.
“New York City has always been better than Rikers Island. I am proud to chart a course for our city that lives up to this reality,” de Blasio said.
“Our success in reducing crime and reforming our criminal justice system has paved a path off Rikers Island and toward community-based facilities capable of meeting our criminal justice goals.”
The process will be “long and arduous,” the mayor cautioned.
Read more: http://www.metro.us/new-york/rikers-island-will-close-de-blasio/zsJqcE---IkJ8V1zXWowI/