NYC lawmakers live more than a mile from approved Rikers replacement jails

Not in their backyards! The four City Council members whose districts are set to host controversial new jails each live more than a mile away from where the new lockups will be built, The Post has learned. All four voted last week in favor of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $8.7 billion plan to replace Rikers...

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