Absenteeism charges at Rikers spur renewed push for federal takeover
Chronic absenteeism by correctional officers at Rikers Island, along with the reported deaths of 18
Riker’s Island
Bill to end solitary confinement in city jails draws competing City Hall rallies
Bronxite Kalief Browder was only 22 when he died by suicide in 2015, after spending
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.
City Planning Commission votes yes on jail plan; Bronx member votes no
As the city fast tracks its plan for four borough-based jails to replace the dilapidated
To the editor: Closing Rikers and the Boat is about human rights
As a resident of the Mott Haven neighborhood in the South Bronx, I have worked
Protesters rally in front of tow pound to denounce jail plan
Rep. Jose E. Serrano and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. recalled their boyhoods growing up in the neighborhood, while assuring a hundred-some protesters that they are on residents’ side in their clash with the city over a new jail.
City announces plans for new jail in Mott Haven
Local elected officials are split on the proposal As part of its plan to replace
Old ferry stations seek protected status
Two advocacy organizations have teamed up in an effort to create recreational space on the East River in the shadow of towering cranes that are a survival of the time when ferries carried passengers to the islands off the Bronx mainland.