Elected officials urge City leaders to halt jail plans in Mott Haven, citing Covid-19
Critical programs to serve vulnerable populations should be funded instead, they argue Eleven elected officials
Mott Haven jail
Bronx elected officials remain divided over jail
On Oct. 17 the City Council voted overwhelmingly to back the de Blasio administration’s historic proposal to replace the jails on Rikers Island with four borough-based jails, but two Bronx lawmakers oppose the part of the plan that calls for the Bronx jail to be built at East 141st Street and Concord Avenue.
Jail or no jail: Mott Haven considers city’s plan to build it here
City and justice reform groups says a Mott Haven site is the only sensible choice,
Community Board 1 Land Use committee votes down jail plan
At its monthly meeting on May 15, Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee voted 13-0