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1. Rikers commission outlines new plan to close jail complex sooner

Decrepit, dysfunctional and violent. Those are some of the conclusions of a highly anticipated report from the Independent Rikers Commission — a panel appointed by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams in October 2023 charged with determining how the city should move forward with closing the deeply troubled jail facility.

A city law requires the closure of the complex by August 2027. But construction and planning on four new jails to replace it are far behind schedule, with completion dates going into 2032. 

2. Bronx mosque confirms it is housing migrants

A mosque in the Bronx is housing at least 100 migrants at times, the imam told NY1 in a series of interviews. This marks the first house of worship that has confirmed it has undocumented immigrants staying there during the second Trump term.

During the first term of Donald Trump’s presidency, several churches were outspoken about their decisions to take in migrants who were afraid of deportation.

3. Zellnor Myrie makes affordable childcare a top priority in mayor's race

Responding to rising living costs while trying to get some much-needed political attention, mayoral candidate Zellnor Myrie is making the quest for affordable childcare a marquee item in his campaign.

Myrie toured an after-school program run by the nonprofit Community Youth Care Service at two schools — PS176 and PS147Q — in Cambria Heights, Queens on Thursday.

Around the Nation

1. Trump to order plan to shut down Education Department

2. White House, French politician trade jabs after he asks for Statue of Liberty back

3. Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies

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