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Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Cuomo Calls for Rebuilding Rikers Island and Keeping the Complex Open

9 October 2025 at 02:29
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants to ditch New York City’s plan to replace the Rikers Island jail complex and use the sites for the proposed borough-based jails for affordable housing.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

New York City is required by law to close the notoriously troubled jail complex on Rikers Island by August 2027 and replace it with four borough-based facilities.
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