Adrienne Adams: “We believe it's part of the reason that we are delayed for…”

“What we need, though, Vanessa, we need a willing partner on the other side of City hall to help us with this. So far we haven't had that. And quite frankly, We believe it's part of the reason that we are delayed for the closure of Rikers as it stands. So you don't believe it's going to close by 2027, right, because we already know that. We already know that. Correct, Correct. And that was laid out in the report as well.” (04:24–04:30)

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