[New York News\Mott Haven Jail Plan]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: “Throughout this process, I have been advocating to build the new jail Bronx adjacent to the existing Bronx Hall of Justice. With our citywide inmate population at a historic low, the Mayor’s Office has already admitted that the size of these jails can be reduced, which further validates that the Bronx jail could be moved to its proper location next to the court system, like the other boroughs.”
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BRONX HALL OF JUSTICE
DEPUTY BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT CITY COUNCIL AGAINST PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL
[Criminal Justice News]
Deputy Bronx Borough President Scott-McFadden: “I am here on behalf of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to discuss the de Blasio administration’s wrongheaded proposal to build a new jail in Mott Haven…There is an obviously better site for this proposed jail, one that heeds the Lippman Commission’s recommendation to site new jails adjacent to existing justice facilities, located right next to the Bronx Hall of Justice.”
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BRONX
[New York News]
Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr.: “It is unfortunate that the City Planning Commission has declined to listen to the serious concerns of the people of my borough, and has instead chosen to move forward with a plan to close Rikers Island that builds a new jail in the wrong place.”
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ JR. TESTIFIES AGAINST MAYOR DE BLASIO’S MOTT HAVEN JAIL PLAN
[Bronx Borough News]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: “How can we be asked to approve a jail in our community when the administration itself admits it doesn’t know what it will really look like?”
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