The city officialy confirmed they are looking at other sites. This win is entirely yours. We keep watching to ensure they stick to it.
October 12, 2018
Final supporters
Dear Mayor De Blasio,
While we stand behind your commitment to closing Rikers Island and support borough based jail facilities, we strongly oppose locating a borough based facility along the E. 161st Street Corridor. In addition to being adjacent to the Bronx Hall of Justice, the proposed site is also next to Franz Siegel Elementary School Building, St. Angela Merici Catholic School, the Melrose Public Library, and directly behind the High School for Law Government and Justice. Concourse is a thriving community and we urge you not to sacrifice our progress when there are other, better options for siting a borough based jail facility.
A new jail at E. 161, behind the Bronx Hall of Justice, would bring additional traffic to an area that already regularly experiencing gridlock. District 16 is already home to a number of municipal services including the Bronx Civic Area, the District Attorney’s office, the Bronx Courts system, as well as Yankees Stadium. Unless the City comes up with a real plan to reduce congestion, it’s unfair and unsafe to site a jail in this neighborhood.
We believe it is unacceptable for any students to go to school in the shadow of a jail. We are counting on you to support black and brown students in the Bronx by dismantling the school to prison pipeline, not bringing it closer to the classroom. Our young people deserve better.
As students, parents, teachers, residents, merchants, and concerned citizens, we demand that you find an alternative site for the Bronx jail.
Updates
July 26, 2018
The momentum is undeniable. This community refuses to let our schools be overshadowed by a jail.
Reached 100 supporters
July 26, 2018
55 Comments
Children should not be schooled right next to a jail. What message are we sending our children? Would this happen in a neighborhood that was predominantly white?? This is not a good idea!
find some place to llace a jail, how can you place it so close to child care pgrams, schools. Traffic and congestion in our neighborhood is unreal on a good day.
As a concerned member of this community, I fully support this petition. With the funds to locate a new jail in this neighborhood, we could clean up the sidewalks, make healthy food more accessible, give our teachers more resources with which to teach our students the places they can go, not the jail cells they can sit in.
There are 4 school buildings behind the Bronx Hall of Justice. Ther is a methodone clinic and multiple daycare facilities in the same area. No room for a jail. Bring us hope not more disparity.
I work in this section of the Bronx and must say, adding a jail will become a huge problem for these streets that are already congested with traffic.
I all for renovation of our community library and surrounding area.Thank you Ms. Gibson for fighting for our neighborhood.
No jail at 161st Mayor de Blasio we need affordable housing
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The city officialy confirmed they are looking at other sites. This win is entirely yours. We keep watching to ensure they stick to it.
October 12, 2018
Final supporters
Dear Mayor De Blasio,
While we stand behind your commitment to closing Rikers Island and support borough based jail facilities, we strongly oppose locating a borough based facility along the E. 161st Street Corridor. In addition to being adjacent to the Bronx Hall of Justice, the proposed site is also next to Franz Siegel Elementary School Building, St. Angela Merici Catholic School, the Melrose Public Library, and directly behind the High School for Law Government and Justice. Concourse is a thriving community and we urge you not to sacrifice our progress when there are other, better options for siting a borough based jail facility.
A new jail at E. 161, behind the Bronx Hall of Justice, would bring additional traffic to an area that already regularly experiencing gridlock. District 16 is already home to a number of municipal services including the Bronx Civic Area, the District Attorney’s office, the Bronx Courts system, as well as Yankees Stadium. Unless the City comes up with a real plan to reduce congestion, it’s unfair and unsafe to site a jail in this neighborhood.
We believe it is unacceptable for any students to go to school in the shadow of a jail. We are counting on you to support black and brown students in the Bronx by dismantling the school to prison pipeline, not bringing it closer to the classroom. Our young people deserve better.
As students, parents, teachers, residents, merchants, and concerned citizens, we demand that you find an alternative site for the Bronx jail.
Updates
July 26, 2018
The momentum is undeniable. This community refuses to let our schools be overshadowed by a jail.
Reached 100 supporters
July 26, 2018
55 Comments
Our community needs museums, galleries, sources of enrichment and joy to our community. We do NOT need another jail.
Children should not be schooled right next to a jail. What message are we sending our children? Would this happen in a neighborhood that was predominantly white?? This is not a good idea!
find some place to llace a jail, how can you place it so close to child care pgrams, schools. Traffic and congestion in our neighborhood is unreal on a good day.
As a concerned member of this community, I fully support this petition. With the funds to locate a new jail in this neighborhood, we could clean up the sidewalks, make healthy food more accessible, give our teachers more resources with which to teach our students the places they can go, not the jail cells they can sit in.
There are 4 school buildings behind the Bronx Hall of Justice. Ther is a methodone clinic and multiple daycare facilities in the same area. No room for a jail. Bring us hope not more disparity.
I work in this section of the Bronx and must say, adding a jail will become a huge problem for these streets that are already congested with traffic.
I all for renovation of our community library and surrounding area.Thank you Ms. Gibson for fighting for our neighborhood.
No jail at 161st Mayor de Blasio we need affordable housing
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Our community needs museums, galleries, sources of enrichment and joy to our community. We do NOT need another jail.