Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down
Mayor de Blasio is eyeing a now-shuttered Queens jail as an “ideal” spot to house prisoners as Rikers Island shuts down.
After eleven borough City Council members backed the Queens Detention Complex as a replacement jail site, de Blasio spokeswoman Natalie Grybauskas told the Daily News Monday City Hall likes the idea.
“Expanding and reopening the Queens Detention Center would be an ideal first step and we have already started to take a hard look at this site to determine its feasibility,” she said. . .