Anti-Jail Protesters Disrupt Hearing On Plan To Replace Rikers | Patch

A hearing on Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to replace Rikers Island with four new lockups erupted into chaos Wednesday morning when raucous anti-jail protesters disrupted the proceedings.

The City Planning Commission was forced to pause its sole public hearing on the project for more than 15 minutes after activists shouted over testimony from Dana Kaplan, a deputy director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, which has spearheaded the plan to erect a new jail in each borough but Staten Island. Continue reading.