Is this New York’s Most Controversial Building?
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Research sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/21/new-york-jail-chinatown-rikers-island
https://www.enr.com/articles/56947-nyc-to-reissue-rfq-for-manhattan-jail-following-construction-market-changes
Jail Update: The first stage of a 30-story jail for White Street is underway
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Jail Update: The first stage of a 30-story jail for White Street is underway
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https://theweek.com/news/crime/954426/inside-rikers-island-jail-most-dangerous-us-prison-inmates
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2023/08/09/whats-next-for-rikers-now-00110430
https://www.wbai.org/articles.php?article=1475
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/designing-the-opposite-of-rikers/544925/
https://queenseagle.com/all/2024/8/26/the-city-has-three-years-to-close-rikers-can-it-be-done
NYC budget director doubts city will make 2027 deadline to close Rikers Island jail complex
00:00 Intro
01:27 Prisons v Jails
02:08 Chinatown
02:44 The Tombs
04:14 Jail Design
06:33 MCC Chicago
07:50 Protest
08:55 Closing Rikers
10:17 Borough Based Jails
12:41 Too Good to be True?
14:54 What Next?
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