Posted May 16, 2019, 10:22 PM
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https://patch.com/new-york/lower-eas...city-jail-plan
Lower Manhattan CB Committee Says No To City Jail Plan
The full board will vote on the resolution later this month.
By Sydney Pereira
May 16, 2019
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The Lower Manhattan community board's land use committee unanimously voted this week against the city's plans to replace the Manhattan Detention Complex with a larger jail, with various conditions for the city to get the board's OK.
The Community Board 1 committee's vote is against plans for a 450-foot jail to replace the Manhattan Detention Complex at 125 White St. The replacement jail is a part of larger strategy to close jail facilities on Rikers Island and relocate inmates to neighborhood-based lock-ups, as well as drastically reduce the jail population from 7,600 to 4,000 by 2026.
"A major concern is that the building is just too big," said Patrick Kennell, a Financial District neighbor who chairs the CB 1 land use committee. Though the committee's resolution supports the goal of closing Rikers Island, he added, "Everything is much in flux. We're having a hard time understanding what it is we [had] even been asked to agree to."
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