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Mayor Eric Adams Unveils Hunts Point Marine Terminal Vision in the Bronx

Published June 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:04

A great point. And I also want to remind everyone how we got here in the first place. Overpopulation of Rikers Island [led to the need for the prison barge]. When you don't properly deal with prison populations and stop the flow from jail to prison pipeline, you build these large population. (27:04–27:07)

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