
Demonstrators boycott Chinatown museum to protest new mega jail
Protesters picketed outside of the Museum of Chinese in America to rally behind MOCA 8 — a group who was ticketed for noise violations — on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Michaela Seah, Contributing Writer
• October 4, 2022

The False Promise of Closing Rikers Island
The city’s so-called proposal to close the jail and build four new ones only guarantees the creation of the newer jails. Rikers’ closure, set for 2026, is not guaranteed to happen.
Asha Ramachandran, Contributing Writer
• October 27, 2019

City Council Holds Potential Final Meeting on Rikers’s Closure
With Rikers Island slated to close by 2026, the public had something to say about it.
Yasmarie Diaz, Contributing Writer
• September 9, 2019

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