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Discussion on borough-based jails proposal and current plans

2:01:40

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Council Member Restler inquires about the mayor's recent proposal to convert borough-based jail facilities, with Director Jiha confirming that current plans remain unchanged.

  • Restler asks if OMB is seriously considering the mayor's proposal to convert jail facilities
  • Jiha confirms that everything is proceeding as planned
  • Discussion reveals that $16 billion has been budgeted for the entire project
  • Completion dates for the facilities are discussed: Brooklyn in 2029, others in 2031-2032
Lincoln Restler
2:01:40
I wanna move to borough based jails.
2:01:43
The mayor recently proposed converting the Brooklyn Borough based jail facility into a mental health facility and converting the other three sites into housing.
2:01:56
Is this proposal seriously being considered by OMB?
Jacques Jiha
2:02:00
Say it again?
Lincoln Restler
2:02:01
Converted The mayor made of the mayor, you know, the mayor being the mayor, said that he wanted to convert the Brooklyn jail project into a mental health facility and the other three jail sites into housing.
2:02:13
Is ONB seriously considering this proposal?
Jacques Jiha
2:02:16
As far as we are concerned, everything is going as As planned.
2:02:20
As planned.
Lincoln Restler
2:02:20
That is such two for two.
2:02:23
We're doing great this morning.
2:02:25
Okay.
2:02:26
So I just wanna just because I think it's helpful, do you have a sense of how much money has been spent on the borough based jail plan to date?
Jacques Jiha
2:02:37
To date, now.
Lincoln Restler
2:02:39
Hundreds of millions of dollars?
2:02:40
Are we over a billion?
Jacques Jiha
2:02:41
We I know for sure we budgeted $16,000,000,000 for Total.
2:02:45
Total.
Lincoln Restler
2:02:46
I just but the burn rate
Jacques Jiha
2:02:47
but I don't.
Lincoln Restler
2:02:48
The burn rate in Brooklyn, we're spending tens of millions of dollars a month in Brooklyn alone.
2:02:52
We now have multiple
Jacques Jiha
2:02:53
I will come back to you with an answer on the specific on the specific Dramatic.
Lincoln Restler
2:02:58
I mean, we spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this project to date.
2:03:00
We are we have signed contracts with vendors at each of these sites.
2:03:04
I'm glad that we are moving ahead as planned and that whatever the mayor may have been musing about does not seem to be changing the direction of the administration.
2:03:15
The Brooklyn Borough based jail is supposed to be done in 2029.
2:03:19
The other boroughs are supposed to be completed in what years?
Jacques Jiha
2:03:23
Twenty thirty one.
Lincoln Restler
2:03:24
Thirty one, thirty two.
2:03:25
We're in that range.
Jacques Jiha
2:03:26
Yes.
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