Protests against new city jails halt Planning Commission meeting | New York Daily News

Protesters disrupted a City Planning Commission meeting Wednesday to address community concerns about closing Rikers Island and building new jails across four boroughs.

Several people in the auditorium at John Jay College in Manhattan loudly called on committee members to forgo the $8.7 billion plan that includes constructing four new, smaller facilities, with their outrage reaching a peak about one hour into the hearing. Continue reading.