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UPDATED: Katz rejects Kew Gardens jail plan, but says ‘closing Rikers Island is a moral imperative’

By Mark Hallum

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‘I know the hell of Rikers’: Kew Gardens jail proposal goes to borough hall hearing

By Mark Hallum

Astoria

Astoria Councilman continues Renewable Rikers rollout with package of bills

By Max Parrott

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Astoria

Jackson Heights panel on Renewable Rikers confronts practical challenges to environmental agenda

By Max Parrott

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Will Kew Gardens jail negatively impact crime and property values? Commission study says ‘no’

By Mark Hallum

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Astoria

Western Queens elected officials host renewable Rikers Island forum in Jackson Heights

By Bill Parry

Retired Judge Greg Lasak (left) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.

Queens DA race heats up: Katz backs off Kew Gardens jail plan – and Lasak asks, ‘What took so long?’

By Bill Parry

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Hillcrest crowd pushes back against criminal justice reform at recent DA forum

By Mark Hallum

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Jackson Heights

Candidates for Queens District Attorney talk justice reform and campaign contributions at forum

By Mark Hallum

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Kew Gardens residents rail against jail plan and de Blasio during large protest at Borough Hall

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

Locked out: Borough jails critics says they’ve been excluded from post-Rikers meetings

By QNS Special

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Kew Gardens jail opponents give local City Councilwoman an earful over plans at Board 6 meet

By Max Parrott

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Protest against the Kew Gardens jail proposal to take place in coming days

By Mark Hallum

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‘When you scream, nothing gets done’: de Blasio, Koslowitz defend Kew Gardens jail at closed-door meeting

By Mark Hallum

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‘You’ve not been in the communities that this proposal will affect’: Queens reacts to city study of local jail plan

By Mark Hallum

Queens electeds split on mayor’s plan to bring jail to Kew Gardens

Why does the city keep banning reporters from meetings about a planned Kew Gardens jail?

By Mark Hallum

Astoria

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses Astoria residents’ concerns at Community Board 1 meeting

By Carlotta Mohamed

RIKERS

Kew Gardens community jail plan gets unanimous thumbs down from Community Board 9

By Mark Hallum

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Long Island City

Progressive hopefuls make their commitments to justice reform known at Queens DA candidates forum

By Mark Hallum

Rikers

Kew Gardens jail will solve fundamental issue of isolation on Rikers: Lippman Commission exec

By Mark Hallum

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Justice reforms before new jails: central Queens tells de Blasio to hold off on Kew Gardens jail

By Mark Hallum

Astoria

From mean to green? Queens Councilman Constantinides sees an eco-friendly future for Rikers Island

By Bill Parry

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Briarwood

Residents doubt Koslowitz’s stance on Kew Gardens jail, question why Rikers Island can’t be rebuilt

By Mark Hallum

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Long Island City

‘I will abstain’: Katz vows to avoid 2020 Census citizenship question during her State of the Borough address

By Mark Hallum

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