#Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers

#Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers

“Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers” Mayor Adams is feeling heat to drop ongoing plans to overhaul the Big Apple’s jail system in favor of building a new college-campus-like complex for inmates on Rikers Island. Adams had promised to deliver former Mayor de Blasio’s plan to shutter Rikers Island’s notorious jail…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022” Diners’ woesI used to dine at Manhattan restaurants about two evenings a week, but I no longer do, primarily because parking has become too difficult as bicycle lanes and racks have taken the spaces (“NYC’s Devastated Eateries,” Editorial, March 15). In nice weather, I would sometimes walk,…

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#De Blasio has some nerve bragging of ‘progress’ in cutting down on shootings

#De Blasio has some nerve bragging of ‘progress’ in cutting down on shootings

“#De Blasio has some nerve bragging of ‘progress’ in cutting down on shootings” It’s hard sometimes to imagine how some politicians look themselves in the mirror: Last week Mayor Bill de Blasio touted his administration’s “progress” in reducing shootings. Never mind the continual horror stories, like the gunfire that left two 16-year-olds, Jaden Turnage and…

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