The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is on track to shutter in 2026, but some Queens residents who live near the island are concerned about what will take its place and how the closing will affect their property values.
The residents raised their worries at a community meeting Wednesday night concerning the process of decommissioning the city’s largest jail. Some asked whether the 400-acre island would become an extension of nearby LaGuardia Airport. One resident even wondered if the Rikers closure would lead to...
turn that negative (prison) into a positive (community center) or a shelter for Vets. SportGenerosity .. allow the community to tell a different story in 25 years. Do not glorify inhumane conditions like the wasted space of Alcatraz.
Lol they said they were closing it bc the indigent...
So they’re worried the property value will go UP?! So they’d rather keep one of the most notorious jails in America open. Wow
Worse than a notorious prison?
You could put a giant turd there and the property prices would go up.