Planned Bronx jail site (photos: Samar Khurshid/Gotham Gazette)
When Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced last week that they’d reached a deal to speed up the closure of Rikers Island by creating or expanding jail facilities in every borough except Staten Island, it seemed to be a clear sign of a productive partnership between the administration and local elected officials.
The mayor and speaker made the announcement at a news conference at City Hall, alongside four Council members -- Diana Ayala, Karen
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