He also criticized the mayor's Rikers Island
jails closure plan, and the plan to build new jails in the boroughs, as insufficient; on his website, Gangi proposes closing Rikers within one year of the start of his administration.
Not exact matches
He also reiterated
plans to upgrade JFK Airport in Queens and criticized Rikers Island
jail complex, though he stopped short of calling for its
closure.
The pair's three - point
plan seeks to expedite the 10 - year timeline for
closure pledged by the Mayor by implementing aggressive prison population reductions through the siting of new
jails citywide and reforming city detention and incarceration practices.