And let's make a major start by stopping a major debacle which is the new jail construction to replace Rikers Island. The writing is on The new jail construction to replace Rikers Island...is already years late, billions over budget and obsolete. We should rebuild new state of the art jails on Rikers island, provide free bus service and use those existing sites for housing and commercial development. (1:31:54–1:32:09)
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Asserts that the new jail construction project to replace Rikers Island is delayed, over budget, and outdated.
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