Having been arrested and then elected mayor, I reminded these young men that where you are is not who you are...
For the first time in their lives, their mayor didn't look down at them - I sat side by side with them to be cleansed and recommit ourselves to getting on the right path.
The New York City Council voted to close Rikers Island by August 2027, and replace it with four smaller jails.
An Adams administration official, however, said that the city likely won't meet that deadline.
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