Tens of thousands of dollars go to lobbyists in the fight over city’s jail plan | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Neighborhood opponents of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to rebuild and expand a jail in Boerum Hill have spent more than $30,000 on a “boutique government affairs” lobbyist to sway the city toward building a smaller Brooklyn lockup — or toward scrapping the plan altogether. Not to be outdone, national group JustLeadershipUSA, which supports the borough-based jail plan, spent $32,500 of their own on a lobbying firm in support of their campaign to close Rikers. Read more here.