Amid Rikers crisis, Bronx borough jail builders start design process
Brian McFadden has owned Bee’s Famous Barbershop on East 138th Street and Cypress Avenue for 29 years. His shop sits a few blocks away from where New York City plans…
South Bronx lashes out over plans for massive new migrant shelter
The expected opening of a 2,200-bed shelter for migrants in Port Morris next month is drawing heat from South Bronx residents who say yet another shelter is the last thing…
Construction of new Bronx jail may be damaging nearby homes
Home is not so sweet for residents of a Mott Haven street, who say they are being forced to move out because their modest row houses are collapsing all around…
Jail abolitionists rally in Manhattan
At a demonstration at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan today, dozens of family members of Rikers Island inmates stood in the pouring rain with activists, calling for “ending torture” and…
City moves ahead on borough jails plan
The city agency charged with leading the design and construction of four borough jails, including one on the site of an NYPD tow pound in Mott Haven, has announced that…