US News Metro Long Island Politics

Sports NFL MLB Olympics NBA NHL College Football College Basketball WNBA

Entertainment TV Movies Music Celebrities Awards Theater

Lifestyle Weird But True Sex & Relationships Viral Trends Human Interest Parenting Fashion & Beauty Food & Drink Travel

Health Wellness Fitness Health Care Medicine Men’s Health Women’s Health Mental Health Nutrition

Science Space Environment Wildlife Archaeology

Today’s Paper Covers Columnists Horoscopes Crosswords & Games Sports Odds Podcasts Careers

Email Newsletters Official Store Home Delivery Tips

Switch between CA and NY editions here.

‘Close Rikers’ plan remains a menace to NYC’s public safety

See more of our coverage in your search results.

Protests in Chinatown against the city’s drive to build a “jailscraper” there are A fresh warning that this “replace Rikers” scheme is an utterly misbegotten boondoggle.

The bid to build four new borough-based jails and then close Rikers Island is years behind schedule, with costs ballooning by the billions.

The Chinatown project sits atop the old Collect Pond; construction will require massive pumping and drainage, at risk of sinking the surrounding ground and endangering other buildings.

More important, this whole scheme is nuts: The problems at Rikers stem from mismanagement and forgone maintenance — not from the location, which in fact is ideal, since no........

© New York Post