Sentences with phrase «site of a new jail»

The landmark vote of the evening could be if Cortland County legislators officially designate donated land in South Cortland as the site of any new jail or public safety complex.

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.

Siting of new jails would require support from local elected leaders and would be certain to face opposition.

Not exact matches

The city wants to build an entirely new jail on the site of the NYPD's Bronx tow pound in Mott Haven, reopen the shuttered Queens Detention Center in Kew Gardens and expand still - operating Manhattan and Brooklyn detention centers.

Hoping to accelerate the closing of the Rikers Island jail complex, NYC officials announced that they have now chosen sites for four new jails, one in each borough except Staten Island.

«However, any new site for a jail in this borough must be thoroughly vetted, and the people of the Bronx must have a meaningful say in the selection of any future site, be it the one that has been proposed in Mott Haven or other appropriate sites that could host a new jail,» he said.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

The Commission of Correction, which polices New York's local jails, «will monitor compliance through on - site assessments and other means,» spokeswoman Janine Kava said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio insisted today that the responsibility for siting the new, diffused network of holding facilities intended to replace Rikers Island over the next decade will fall not on him, but on the City Council — and called for bold members of the body to take the political gamble of recommending the city put a jail on their own home turf.

«Our preference is to determine the specific sites and for there to be ownership with the City Council,» he said, noting that design would be considered as part of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure required for new jails.

Mr. de Blasio said he would work with the City Council to determine possible sites for new jails, and then move on to the arduous task of designing them and getting them approved through the city's lengthy land - use process.

Chris Banks, the director of community advocacy group East New York United Concerned Citizens Inc., said the city should scratch the Forbell Street location off the list of possible jail sites.

It's one thing to do a background check, which is becoming more popular for single members of online dating sites or hiring new employees, but should you go to jail for reading your spouse's email in your own home?