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Boro-based jail goal to close Rikers Island by 2027 has a capacity for 4,100. Jail census just surpassed 7,000 for the first time since pre-pandemic. @reuvenblau.bsky.social explains why. www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/r...
Mar 20, 2025, 2:56 PM
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