Monday, April 24, 2017. New York City – A group of New Yorkers gathered at City Hall to demand that the NYC Mayor, Bill de Blasio, close the Rikers Island jail now, not in 10 years.
Press release from the organizers; “New York, NY – Hundreds of members of the #CLOSErikers campaign gathered today at City Hall to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio take immediate action on his commitment to close Rikers Island. Advocates declared the Mayor’s proposed ten-year timeline to close Rikers is too long. They demanded the Mayor appoint someone to lead a speedy process of closing the facility, put forward a serious plan for closure, and immediately act on criminal justice reforms to reduce the Rikers population.
One year ago, the #CLOSErikers campaign held its public launch on the steps of City Hall to call on Mayor de Blasio to close the notorious Rikers Island Jail Complex. Last month, after years of insisting that it was impossible, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that closing Rikers is now the official policy of New York City. After a year of relentless advocacy, #CLOSErikers members celebrated the campaign’s central role in changing the Mayor’s position.
The #CLOSErikers campaign is urging public officials to prioritize reducing the number of people detained on Rikers and quickly shutter the jail complex once and for all. Earlier this month, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform – known as the Lippman Commission — released a sweeping report outlining a comprehensive set of recommendations at the city and state level for closing Rikers. The campaign called on the Mayor, City Council, Governor Cuomo, and the state legislature to take up the report and act quickly to make closing Rikers a reality.” Read more here.
Photo by the Close Rikers campaign.
Neoyorquinos al alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York Bill De Blasio: ¡Cierra Rikers AHORA!
Lunes, 24 de Abril, 2017. Nueva York – Un grupo de neoyorquinos se reunieron en el Ayuntamiento para exigir que el alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, Bill de Blasio, cierre la cárcel de Rikers Island ahora, no en 10 años.
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What people said on Twitter.
100+ rallying in front of NYC City Hall to #CloseRikers! 10 years is too long! pic.twitter.com/HOO7GCmNhV
— NY Communities (@nychange) April 24, 2017
The job of an organizer is to make the impossible possible and the possible inevitable. –@_gabrielsayegh #CLOSErikers pic.twitter.com/9P3BneiR7l
— #CLOSErikers (@closerikers) April 24, 2017
End Broken Windows + Bail Reform + Speedy Trial / Discovery Reform + Diversion = #CLOSErikers pic.twitter.com/6dAeWPkHs2
— VOCAL-NY (@VOCALNewYork) April 24, 2017
.@nyclu joins @justleadersUSA and #closerikers campaign to call on city to close Rikers now! pic.twitter.com/poctqAhLMw
— NYCLU (@NYCLU) April 24, 2017
.@LegalAidNYC joins #CLOSErikers Rally at City Hall. Ten years is ten years too long. Rikers must shut now! pic.twitter.com/StiQ5eSAzm
— Legal Aid NYC (@LegalAidNYC) April 24, 2017
TELL EM LINDA! "I am at this #CLOSErikers rally and will be at every #CLOSErikers rally!" – @lsarsour pic.twitter.com/RgjTwjwxp0
— #CLOSErikers (@closerikers) April 24, 2017
.@NYCProgressives member @CMReynoso34 stands at a packed City Hall with one message: #CloseRikers now, not in 10 years! pic.twitter.com/vFdytW0CJI
— Progressive Caucus (@NYCProgressives) April 24, 2017
Love that #CloseRikers chant is followed by "build communities." It's a beautiful community gathered here today! pic.twitter.com/s38oenAwma
— Renate Lunn (@RJLunn) April 24, 2017
At City Hall with 100s of community members & organizations. Not only will we #CLOSErikers but we will do it in less than 10 yrs @NYCMayor pic.twitter.com/stECDfFQQT
— Katal (@katalcenter) April 24, 2017
.@thefortunesoc crew will always come out to support efforts to end mass incarceration and build communities! #CloseRikers #Resist pic.twitter.com/Aesw0jBhXF
— Danielle (@DNRosario) April 24, 2017
Middle Church staff is taking part in the #CLOSErikers rally today at City Hall. pic.twitter.com/PEyKScPb5P
— Middle Church (@middlechurch) April 24, 2017
Happening now! #CLOSErikers rally – the time for change is now! pic.twitter.com/QFkLV9ffUK
— The Bronx Defenders (@BronxDefenders) April 24, 2017
"When we organize, we win" @_gabrielsayegh of @katalcenter at #CloseRikers rally calling for closing rikers now. #PrisonReform #CJReform pic.twitter.com/opHEuZLhrx
— LatinoJustice PRLDEF (@latinojustice) April 24, 2017
CCR fam @skwishmeej @nahalzamani & Azure Wheeler are down here at City Hall to lend our voices to #CLOSErikers! pic.twitter.com/qVtglb0PO7
— The CCR (@theCCR) April 24, 2017
We're at City Hall with hundreds of others demanding a speedy closure of #TortureIsland. 10 years is TOO LONG! #CLOSErikers #TuneInTurnOut pic.twitter.com/3OzpRRW2gW
— TONYC (@ForumTheatreNYC) April 24, 2017
The strength of the #CLOSErikers movement is only growing! Powerful rally today at City Hall to reimagine criminal justice! pic.twitter.com/3t6eZnxYdo
— Liam McSweeney (@liamLtrain) April 24, 2017
Press release from our #CLOSErikers rally today: https://t.co/gC46fvqlQj
The movement is growing, Mr @NYCMayor. Take action now. pic.twitter.com/2FnalnJIKi
— gabriel sayegh (@_gabrielsayegh) April 24, 2017
To close out on this amazing rally @PiperAnderson1 reads the names of those we have lost to #RikersIsland. We must #CLOSErikers for them. pic.twitter.com/DUf0yDzLIF
— #CLOSErikers (@closerikers) April 24, 2017
What happens when dreams are deferred? The new k9s, viscerally speaking through dance, describe why we need to #CLOSErikers now. pic.twitter.com/cZCuNObgCe
— #CLOSErikers (@closerikers) April 24, 2017
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