Ex-chief judge booed at council hearing over plan to close Rikers
The former chief state judge who chaired the independent commission that helped convince Mayor Bill de Blasio to push for the closure of the scandal-scarred Rikers Island jail complex got booed Thursday trying to defend the plan to the City Council. Many of the 250-plus people who attended a Council hearing on de Blasio’s plan…
Ex-chief judge booed at council hearing over plan to close Rikers
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