Statements and Letters by Elected Officials and Community Boards
2019
Statement for Council Vote from Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
Council Member Espinal’s Statement on Closing Rikers, October 16, 2019
Comment Letter with Exhibits on Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Borough-Based Jail System: Manhattan Site, July 22, 2019
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Unveils Recommendations on Borough-Based Jail Proposal, July 9, 2019
Recommendation Letter from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer on the Borough-Based Jail System, July 5, 2019
Recommendation Letter from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr on Borough-Based Jail System, July, 5 2019
Letter from Melinda Katz opposing Kew Gardens Jail, June 1, 2019
Community Board 1 Manhattan Resolution from the Land Use, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, May 28, 2019
Community Board 3 Manhattan Resolution on Borough-Based Jails, April 24, 2019
Queens Community Board 9 Resolution on Kew Gardens Jail, March 12, 2019
Community Board 9 Queens Resolution opposing the jail project for Queens. March 1 2019
2018
Letter from Community Board 2 to NYC Dep’t of Corrections, October 17, 2018
Letter from Council Member Margaret Chin, October 1, 2018
Letter from Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez, Senator Brian Kavanagh, and Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, September 27, 2018
Resolution by Community Board 1, September 25, 2018
Letter from Council Member Margaret Chin, September 24, 2018. The Mayor’s Response, September 27, 2018
Letter from Senators Brian Kavanagh and Velmanette Montgomery, and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, September 20, 2018
Resolution by Community Board 3, September 2018 (see p. 20)
Letter from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, August 27, 2018
The Draft Scope of Work and Environmental Impact Assessment, August 15, 2018
The Mayor’s Office presentation Concerning 80 Centre Street, September 12, 2018 Community Meeting
The Mayor’s Request For Proposal for Borough-Based Jails, October 2018
The Mayor’s Written Response to Community Questions from Meeting with Congressmember Nydia Velasquez, October 17, 2018
2015-2017
The Mayor’s 2015 Study Concerning Rikers Closure, October 27, 2015
The Mayor’s 2017 Study by Architects Concerning 80 Centre Street Site November 1, 2017
The Lippman Commission Report, 2017
The 2018 New York State Department of Corrections Report
The Meeting Brochures for the Borough-Based Jails in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan
124-125 White Street Jail Shadow Studies
NYC Borough-Based Jail System Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
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ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
Valerie Imbruce Testimony on Borough-Based Jails - Manhattan, September 22, 2019
Op-Ed: Mayor de Blasio’s Jail Proposal Threatens Chinatown’s Food Equity by Valerie Imbruce, September 1, 2019
4,000 pages of emails containing de Blasio’s correspondence with outside consultants: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Statement from Patricia Tsai, Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President
Statement from Jeanie Chin in Opposition to Borough-Based Jail in Chinatown/Manhattan
Statement from Grover Dale to Community Board 1
Before and After Images of 124-125 White Street Jail from Street and Rooftop Views
Before and After Images of 124-125 White Street Jail from 50 White Street Rooftop
Fair Share Prison Bed Capacity by Borough 2019
City Planning Commission Testimony from Valerie Imbruce on Borough-Based Jail System, Manhattan, July 18, 2019
Chinatown Air Quality Memo, July 12, 2019
Testimony for City Planning Commission Jail Hearing by Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President Patricia Tsai, July 10, 2019
Shadow Images by NUBC, July, 2019
NYU CSAAH Testimony on the Borough-Based Jails - Manhattan, June 27, 2019
Statement for the Borough President Hearing by Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President Patricia Tsai, June 11, 2019
Statement for Community Board 1 Full Board Meeting by Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President Patricia Tsai, May 28, 2019
Letter from AIA Architect Stephan Freid to Community Board 1 Opposing White Street Jail, May 10, 2019
Statement from Board of Directors Chatham Towers member Howard Huie to Community Board 1, May 1, 2019
Statement from Chatham Towers Board of Directors member Joe Mirabella, April 23, 2019
Community Board 1 Statement by Chatham Towers President Nancy Kong, April 23, 2019
Statement for Community Board 3 Hearing by Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President Patricia Tsai, April 16, 2019
Community Board Statement from AIA Architect Stephen Freid on Borough Based Jails, April 11, 2019
Statement from Joe Mirabella, April 8, 2019
Speech by Chatham Towers President Nancy Kong, April 8, 2019
Statement from Irving Lee to Community Board 1, April 8, 2019
Statement from Board of Directors Chatham Towers member Howard Huie to Community Board 1, April 8, 2019
Resident Letter Addressing Comments and Objections to DEIS, April 8, 2019
Statement from the NUBC Rally by Lin Sing Association Assistant to the President Patricia Tsai, March 25, 2019
The Chinatown Core Block Association Report on the Negative Impacts of Major Construction, February, 2019
Tribeca Trib Article - Jail Towers ‘Way Out of Scale’ Says Head of Commission to Close Rikers, January 20, 2019
CEQR Number 18DOC001Y Borough Based Jail System
Neighborhood Advisory Committee meeting minutes for all (4) boroughs as recorded by Perkins Eastman
Health Report Negative Impacts of Major Construction in Senior Communities
News
Virtual city planning has muted community voices on zoning issues, Crains New York Business, February 9, 2021
Who does the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) belong to? Epoch Times, October 12, 2020
Mayor’s Chinatown Jail Stopped by 9/11 Toxins? Bowery Boogie, October 6, 2020
Prisoner of his expectations: How Bill fumbled the Rikers replacement plan, Daily News, October 1, 2020
Sun Qicheng, chairman of the National Treasure Bank, speaks about the Chinatown prison case, Sinovision, September 29, 2020
Chinatown mega-jail plan blocked by community lawsuit, The Village Sun, September 28, 2020
Bill de Blasio’s replace-Rikers plan is falling completely apart, New York Post, September 27, 2020
Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Close Rikers Is Crumbling, Curbed New York, September 23, 2020
Rikers Island Closure Could Be Delayed After Judge Rules City Can’t Tear Down Manhattan Detention Complex, Build New Jail, CBS New York, September 22, 2020
New York City Dealt Legal Blow in Plan to Close Rikers Island, The Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2020
Opponents Celebrate Victory as Judge Blocks Jail Tower Plan for Chinatown, The Tribeca Trib, September 22, 2020
Judge’s decision to stop construction of new jail in lower Manhattan gets pushback, Daily News, September 22, 2020
Chinatown Jail Setback Signals Slog Toward Rikers Shutdown, The City, September 22, 2020
Judge Blocks Plan to Replace Manhattan Detention Complex With New Jail, Spectrum News, September 21, 2020
Chinatown residents win lawsuit to keep jail out of community, ABC 7, September 21, 2020
City Council Questions De Blasio's Priorities at First Executive Budget Hearing, Gotham Gazette, May 7, 2020
With funding cancelled for this year, NYC lawmakers worry about plan to close Rikers, Daily News, May 6, 2020
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Fifteen architects and designers will advise design of Rikers Replacement jails, The Architect’s Newspaper, March 6, 2020
Community group sues New York City government for Chinatown Prison Plan, Epoch Times, February 19, 2020
Lawsuit reports Chinatown Prison Plan violates SEQRA and ULURP, World Journal, February 19, 2020
Chinatown groups file suit against NYC to stop construction of new jail, New York Daily News, February 18, 2020
2,000 page lawsuit against city government, Sing Tao Daily, February 18, 2020
Chinatown Prison Plan reported to violate laws, Sing Tao Daily, February 18, 2020
Manhattan groups sue NYC to stop construction of Chinatown jail, New York Daily News, February 13, 2020
City Issues Request for Qualifications for Design and Construction of Four New Borough-Based Jails, NYC Department of Design and Construction, February 4, 2020
Press conference hosted by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) and Neighbors United Below Canal (NUBC), November 15, 2019
Protest rally to oppose the certification of the Mayor’s jail in Chinatown, March 25, 2019
Rendering of shadow study from proposed jail construction
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