A 2,317-day contract in New York City is a long time for anyone not named Bobby Bonilla. And too long for a city aiming to close Rikers Island by August 2027.
The six-plus year contract recently awarded for the construction of a new Brooklyn borough-based jail runs well into 2029 and long past the city’s legally mandated deadline. The facility would be one of four sites erected to hold remaining detainees after Rikers closes.
“This is not only about future deadlines and whether they can or can’t be achieved or who developed this plan,” said Lander. “This is about fidelity to the belief that we can do what’s necessary to not have people at Rikers who don’t need to be there.” But behind such efforts were decarceration advocates, whom Lander recalled marching with back in 2016. Many of the same folks found themselves once again in the shadow of elected officials, quite literally, at Thursday’s rally. Members of the Campaign to Close Rikers stood behind the speakers and directed their words to Mayor Adams, reappropriating his trademark slogan to their own chant: “Get stuff done…get Rikers closed.
To be clear, delaying the Brooklyn-based jail doesn’t necessarily mean delaying Rikers’ scheduled closure. But such anxieties join a growing number of clues indicating the city isn’t fully confident about or invested in a 2027 closure.
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