Jim Quinn said ( about Rikers Island ) : “If I woke up one morning and found that 2,000 people had escaped from Rikers Island, I would be terrified. I cannot think of anything like that has happened in my 42 years in office,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:56:00 PM EAT

Jim Quinn said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The city wanted to close Rikers Island, and it became such a political issue that it really didn’t look at the actual effects. Anybody who opposed the closing of Rikers was called a racist, and that shut a lot of people up. The debate just became poisoned,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:56:00 PM EAT

Don Levy said ( about Rikers Island ) : “Even worse for Adams are his job performance ratings on specific issues. About three-quarters of New Yorkers give him negative grades on both addressing homelessness and fighting crime. And at least 59% give him negative grades on transforming the NYPD, managing city services, tackling safety at Rikers Island, and running the public schools,”

nbcnewyork Tuesday, June 7, 2022 8:10:00 PM EAT

Vincent Schiraldi said ( about Rikers Island ) : "We need to close Rikers Island and, until we do, the federal court should install a receiver to bring order and safety to the chaos and violence that plague it,"

nbcnewyork Friday, June 3, 2022 10:17:00 AM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We are responsible to take taxpayers’ dollars and provide goods and services to the city,” “And when you start stating that your city can’t do its job, that’s an indictment of the over 300,000 city employees and also the employees at Rikers. And I’m not surrendering this city to anyone who believes we can’t do our job”

nydailynews Thursday, May 19, 2022 11:10:00 PM EAT

Norman Ornstein says ( about Rikers Island ) : “He was saving lives and saving money at the same time,” “Although my son was not trapped in the horrors of the criminal justice system, so many people with Judge Nushin Sayfie presides over the mental health calendar at Gerstein Courthouse. serious mental illness are — the three largest facilities in America housing those with mental illness are the LA County Jail, the Cook County Jail and Rikers Island”

woub Monday, May 16, 2022 2:04:00 PM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : "Rikers Island has been mired in dysfunction and plagued by parallel crises for decades. We cannot - and will not - allow that to continue,"

ibtimes-sg Saturday, May 14, 2022 8:37:00 AM EAT

Damian Williams testified ( about Rikers Island ) : "This city has failed every single person who is detained and works on Rikers Island,"

patch Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:38:00 PM EAT

Thomas Homan said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We don’t know if ICE is getting anyone out of Rikers Island, Cook County, or L.A. County jails,”

theepochtimes Monday, April 11, 2022 1:53:00 AM EAT

Thomas Homan said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We don’t know if ICE is getting anyone out of Rikers Island, Cook County, or L.A. County jails,”

hiawathaworldonline Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:32:00 AM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : "The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor," "We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe"

startribune Tuesday, March 22, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor,” “We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe”

independent-UK Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:41:00 PM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor,” “We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe”

seattlepi Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:26:00 PM EAT

Jen Psaki said ( about Rikers Island ) : "This trip today, which is a full trip, includes the president visiting to thank law enforcement officials and convey clearly to them that he has their back," "But I'd expect he'll be back to New York during his time as president, but I don't have any preview of a trip to Rikers Island"

gazette Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:35:00 PM EAT

Kathy Hochul said ( about Rikers Island ) : "You had two individuals accused of identical crimes/offenses even stealing a backpack, and one person goes to Rikers for three years because they couldn't post bail,"

foxnews Thursday, January 27, 2022 4:13:00 AM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : "At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we're at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up -- let's defer prosecution, let's have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct -- that's the coordination that we need," "There's no reason to put someone (with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, that's a revolving door"

wrcbtv Thursday, January 6, 2022 4:09:00 PM EAT

Mark Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : “Rikers Island has been a national embarrassment, and we have ignored it,”

nytimes Friday, December 31, 2021 1:21:00 PM EAT

Bill de Blasio dijo ( about Rikers Island ) : "Históricamente, el lugar que hemos usado para eso es Hart Island"

teletica Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:56:00 AM EAT

Melinda Hunt assuré ( about Rikers Island ) : «L'île de Hart est un endroit magnifique et les enterrements sont menés avec respect. Je ne pense pas que les New-yorkais devraient craindre les enterrements de Hart Island»

lessentiel-lu-fr Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT

Jim Quinn said ( about Rikers Island ) : “If I woke up one morning and found that 2,000 people had escaped from Rikers Island, I would be terrified. I cannot think of anything like that has happened in my 42 years in office,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:56:00 PM EAT

Jim Quinn said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The city wanted to close Rikers Island, and it became such a political issue that it really didn’t look at the actual effects. Anybody who opposed the closing of Rikers was called a racist, and that shut a lot of people up. The debate just became poisoned,”

theepochtimes Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:56:00 PM EAT

Don Levy said ( about Rikers Island ) : “Even worse for Adams are his job performance ratings on specific issues. About three-quarters of New Yorkers give him negative grades on both addressing homelessness and fighting crime. And at least 59% give him negative grades on transforming the NYPD, managing city services, tackling safety at Rikers Island, and running the public schools,”

nbcnewyork Tuesday, June 7, 2022 8:10:00 PM EAT

Vincent Schiraldi said ( about Rikers Island ) : "We need to close Rikers Island and, until we do, the federal court should install a receiver to bring order and safety to the chaos and violence that plague it,"

nbcnewyork Friday, June 3, 2022 10:17:00 AM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We are responsible to take taxpayers’ dollars and provide goods and services to the city,” “And when you start stating that your city can’t do its job, that’s an indictment of the over 300,000 city employees and also the employees at Rikers. And I’m not surrendering this city to anyone who believes we can’t do our job”

nydailynews Thursday, May 19, 2022 11:10:00 PM EAT

Norman Ornstein says ( about Rikers Island ) : “He was saving lives and saving money at the same time,” “Although my son was not trapped in the horrors of the criminal justice system, so many people with Judge Nushin Sayfie presides over the mental health calendar at Gerstein Courthouse. serious mental illness are — the three largest facilities in America housing those with mental illness are the LA County Jail, the Cook County Jail and Rikers Island”

woub Monday, May 16, 2022 2:04:00 PM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : "Rikers Island has been mired in dysfunction and plagued by parallel crises for decades. We cannot - and will not - allow that to continue,"

ibtimes-sg Saturday, May 14, 2022 8:37:00 AM EAT

Damian Williams testified ( about Rikers Island ) : "This city has failed every single person who is detained and works on Rikers Island,"

patch Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:38:00 PM EAT

Thomas Homan said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We don’t know if ICE is getting anyone out of Rikers Island, Cook County, or L.A. County jails,”

theepochtimes Monday, April 11, 2022 1:53:00 AM EAT

Thomas Homan said ( about Rikers Island ) : “We don’t know if ICE is getting anyone out of Rikers Island, Cook County, or L.A. County jails,”

hiawathaworldonline Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:32:00 AM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : "The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor," "We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe"

startribune Tuesday, March 22, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor,” “We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe”

independent-UK Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:41:00 PM EAT

Brad Lander said ( about Rikers Island ) : “The facts of this report show that bail reforms is not responsible for an increase in crime and that it still actually is driving people to be held at Rikers for no reason other than that they are poor,” “We should look elsewhere to figure out what kinds of public policy solutions and investments will keep all communities safe”

seattlepi Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:26:00 PM EAT

Jen Psaki said ( about Rikers Island ) : "This trip today, which is a full trip, includes the president visiting to thank law enforcement officials and convey clearly to them that he has their back," "But I'd expect he'll be back to New York during his time as president, but I don't have any preview of a trip to Rikers Island"

gazette Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:35:00 PM EAT

Kathy Hochul said ( about Rikers Island ) : "You had two individuals accused of identical crimes/offenses even stealing a backpack, and one person goes to Rikers for three years because they couldn't post bail,"

foxnews Thursday, January 27, 2022 4:13:00 AM EAT

Eric Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : "At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we're at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up -- let's defer prosecution, let's have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct -- that's the coordination that we need," "There's no reason to put someone (with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, that's a revolving door"

wrcbtv Thursday, January 6, 2022 4:09:00 PM EAT

Mark Adams said ( about Rikers Island ) : “Rikers Island has been a national embarrassment, and we have ignored it,”

nytimes Friday, December 31, 2021 1:21:00 PM EAT

Bill de Blasio dijo ( about Rikers Island ) : "Históricamente, el lugar que hemos usado para eso es Hart Island"

teletica Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:56:00 AM EAT

Melinda Hunt assuré ( about Rikers Island ) : «L'île de Hart est un endroit magnifique et les enterrements sont menés avec respect. Je ne pense pas que les New-yorkais devraient craindre les enterrements de Hart Island»

lessentiel-lu-fr Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT