Sentences with phrase «jail complex pushed»

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City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who also pushed de Blasio to close Rikers before he announced his plan to do so, said on Wednesday the decrease indicated that it may not take 10 years to shutter the jail complex.

For Ms. Mark - Viverito, passing the legislation would provide a capstone to her reform record that includes new laws to create civil penalties for certain infractions, like public urination, and pushing for the closure of the Rikers Island jail complex, a stance that helped pressure Mr. de Blasio to agree to close the facility over the next decade.

Her efforts have played out as the city continues its push to improve conditions at the jail complex, which is being overseen by a federal monitor as part of a legal settlement.

For the last four years, the Council was led by Melissa Mark - Viverito, who used the position to push reforms to the criminal justice system and pressure the mayor to back the closing of the Rikers Island jail complex.