As expected, the NYC Department of Correction (DOC) released the documents related to the environmental assessment to be undertaken for the project to close Rikers Island and transfer the city’s detainee population to new jails in four boroughs (excluding Staten Island). The documents are found here. Their availability marks the start of the project’s Scoping Period, which gives the public the opportunity to comment on the proposed scope of the analysis to be used in the preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
There are two important dates associated with this period:
1) Public meetings have been scheduled in each of the four boroughs receiving new jails to provide a forum for public comments. Brooklyn’s meeting will take place at 6 PM, September 20th at PS133 (William A. Butler School), 610 Baltic Street (at 4th Avenue).
2. DOC will also accept written comments on the Draft Scope of Work through October 15th, which can be submitted to:
Howard Judd Fiedler, A.I.A.
Administrative Architect
Director of Design Unit
NYC Department of Correction
75-20 Astoria Blvd., Suite 160
East Elmhurst, NY 11370
or emailed to [email protected].