GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER INCARCERATED WOMEN AND TRANS INDIVIDUALS OUT OF RIKERS

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GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER INCARCERATED WOMEN AND TRANS INDIVIDUALS OUT OF RIKERS

governor Kathy Hochul, in partnership with Mayor Bill de Blasio, announced an agreement between the State and City of New York to transfer nearly all of women- and trans-identified individuals currently incarcerated on Rikers Island to two State-run facilities in Bedford Hills.

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