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Matthew Haag

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14 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — One 886-bed jail will tower over shops and restaurants in downtown Brooklyn. Another will be next to a subway yard in Queens. In the Bronx, a jail will replace a Police Department tow pound. And another jail will rise in the shadow of City Hall in Manhattan.
NYC Votes to Close Rikers. Now Comes the Hard Part.
14 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — On a mid-September day in 2008, Marvin Mayfield, a lifelong resident of the Bronx, discovered a part of the borough he had never seen. The revelation came while he was being taken off a Department of Correction bus, placed in a single-file line with 10 other men and led over a gangplank.
A Floating Jail Was Supposed to Be Temporary. That Was 27 Years Ago
11 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — At Hudson Yards, the expansive real estate development that is about to open in Manhattan, seven floors of retail are occupied by Fendi, Dior, Neiman Marcus and other high-end shops. Major corporations will have their headquarters there.