Morris Park Against Housing -Crisis At Rikers - NYSDOCCS Ignores UN to Bring Torture Back To Prisons

Morris Park residents gather to speak out against the program set to house ex-Rikers inmates in the neighborhood A local catering hall in Morris Park was filled with neighbors up in arms against a housing complex on the Jacobi Hospital campus. The housing complex is set to house former Riker’s Island inmates with critical health issues. The meeting, which was set up by the Morris Park Association, had local residents enraged about the possible development. Community Board 11 and Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez were in attendance to listen to the people's complaints. NYC Health Hospitals provided the following statement: “NYC Health Hospitals has long recognized that stable, affordable housing is critical to the health and well-being of every New Yorker. We are excited to help provide some of our most medically fragile patients the opportunity to receive dignified housing and high-quality services on the NYC Health Hospitals/Jacobi campus through the Just Home project.“ The