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City officials told Chinatown residents at a heated Zoom meeting on Thursday that construction on a new jail in their neighborhood would begin soon and take an estimated six years to complete.
Required by law to close Rikers Island by 2027, the city plans to replace its jail facilities with four smaller, modern buildings closer to courthouses —one in every borough except Staten Island.
The 1,040-bed jail on White Street in lower Manhattan is expected to be the last one finished as construction is already underway at the other locations, which will collectively hold around 4,500 detainees.
The Zoom meeting was the first time the Mamdani administration made its case to the public about how it expects to move forward with the plan, which has been in place since 2017. But when a representative of the firm contracted by the city to do the work made their presentation, some community members launched into vitriolic attacks in the chat, according to screenshots obtained by THE CITY.
“Blood on your hands,” one attendee posted. “You’re going to be wasting years of time and billions of community dollars,” said another.
Read more here about the plan to close Rikers and open new jails, and the community pushback to it.
Weather 🌧️
More snow likely, with a high of 27 going down to 12 degrees for a blustery night.
MTA 🚇
The system’s winter storm advisory is still in effect for Monday morning, and the MTA is advising riders to “[a]void unnecessary travel. If you must travel, use extra caution and check service status before you go, which you can do here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s not in effect today, Jan. 26, to facilitate snow operations.
By the way…
The snow and freezing cold create the perfect storm for the winter phenomenon of exploding manholes.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the call early Sunday morning for a remote school day on Monday, and his new schools chancellor says the system is ready for it.
When President Donald Trump made his budget proposal last May, disaster loomed as he wanted to fold federal aid for housing vouchers, public housing aid and assistance to the elderly and disabled into a single grant for each state — which would have sharply cut the $13 billion New York State receives for those programs while voucher use for “able-bodied recipients to just two years. Read more here.about how Congress isn’t playing ball, with a bill already passed in the House and expected to receive Senate approval this week that actually increases some funds and that doesn’t place any new restrictions on the housing vouchers used by an esteemed 125,000 households in the city.
Reporter’s Notebook
Nurses Reach Health Benefits Agreement But Strike Continues
The New York State Nurses Association announced Sunday that it had reached an agreement with Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian to preserve nurses’ health coverage without cuts.
Though the agreement is a major step forward for the union and the hospitals, the 15,000 nurses striking there and at Montefiore will stay on the picket lines for a third week as they continue to press for better patient and on-the-job safety. Pickets at all three striking hospital systems were suspended Sunday and Monday due to the snowstorm.
In a statement, NYSNA said that “nearly 15,000 nurses continue to strike until we reach full tentative contract agreements that protect patient and nurse safety,” the statement read. — Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Monday, Jan. 26: Read Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” with other book lovers during a communal reading at Gladys Books & Wine starting at 7:00 p.m..Purchase of the novel from the bookshop is encouraged. RSVP here.
Monday, Jan. 26: Come watch squash pros and future Olympians compete at a glass-encased court inside of Grand Central Station’s Under Hill Hall. The annual tournament of champions runs through Thursday, with limited free standing room and tickets starting at $20.
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