Lefty NYC Council pols want to spend $1M to speed up Rikers Island closure

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a “redundant, bureaucratic measure.” The new bill, introduced Wednesday by Committee on Criminal Justice Chair Sandy Nurse, would create an “Office of Coordinator for Rikers Island...