We the undersigned oppose the building of a new MDC correctional center jail complex at 80 Centre st as part of the overall plan to close Rikers island. 

Our neighborhood roads are congested enough with traffic negotiating routes between the Manhattan & Brooklyn bridges and the Holland & Brooklyn Battery tunnels.  In addition, this project would undoubtedly exacerbate air, noise & environmental issues we already endure.  Residents of Chinatown, Tribeca, Little Italy, Soho, BPC, FiDi & The LES should not be made to suffer more.

We support the call for real prison reform but feel a jail in residential areas is not the best way to approach it.

Please hear our concern and rethink the options.

Thank you,

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http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2018/04/community-board-3-seeks-voice-in-planning-chinatown-jail-expansion.html