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‘I’ve always been upset’: de Blasio tours Rikers Island, touts progress, points fingers of blame

By Dean Moses Posted on September 28, 2021
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Five years after his last visit, Mayor Bill de Blasio finally set foot on Rikers Island on Monday, Sept. 27 — touring the troubled correctional facility amid a public outcry over inhumane conditions for inmates and corrections officers alike.

While providing generalities about his previous promises to address the situation in the short-term, de Blasio said that Rikers Island has always made him “upset” over its deplorable conditions — but touted that finally moving forward with closing the jail by 2026 was the be-all, end-all solution to the crisis.

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