Barbara Sulkowski News Today

The unintended consequences of closing Rikers Freeport, L.I.: Let’s be honest. No one is going to close Rikers Island, and doing so could be disastrous. The money to close it doesn’t exist, nor is it coming from any imaginable source. Rather, the most practical and compassionate way to address the jail crisis is to develop small facilities to house mentally ill patients, get them off the ...

Brooklyn: Re Harry Siegel’s Jan. 30 column, ”The short game, the long game and Eric Adams”: With a new mayor and governor poised to have a better relationship than their predecessors, now is the best chance to address New York’s greatest challenges: a surge in crime, rising homelessness and the desperate need for an inclusive recovery from the pandemic.