Chinatown jail that would replace Rikers is halted by judge

The city’s $8 billion plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with four borough-based jails suffered a setback this week. State Supreme Court Judge John Kelley ruled in favor of community groups that sued over the city’s plan to build a new jail on the site of the Manhattan Detention Complex in Chinatown, according to Spectrum News. Kelley said the New York City Council and the City Planning Commission failed to follow the correct

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