editorial 
 Hey deB: If you build the jail, invest in Mott Haven 
 Walter Nash, a Concord Avenues resident stands otuside of his behind the to-be-built jail land.  Schneps Media/ Alex Mitchell 
 BY ALEX MITCHELL 
 For the city to pursue its widely  
 criticized plan to erect a 24-story jail  
 in Mott Haven there must be signifi - 
 cant economic investment made into  
 the borough to offset this severe disinvestment  
 in a community that’s struggled  
 for many years. 
 What Mott Haven needs from the  
 city are positive investments in housing, 
   community  centers,  alternatives  
 to incarceration where individuals  
 will  come  out  less  likely  to  commit  a  
 crime rather than be scarred for life,  
 just to name a few.  
 Diego Beekman Mutual Housing  
 put together an area study that determined  
 that Mott Haven’s East 138th  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 Street to be a food desert.  
 The local stakeholders wanted to  
 build a supermarket on the property  
 where the jail is set to go at 320 Concord  
 Avenue. Instead the community  
 is getting a skyline make over - the  
 tallest building in the neighborhood,  
 So NYC, what can you do for this  
 community? What sort of investments  
 are you willing to make to improve  
 their quality of lives when they to endure  
 a  face-to-face  future  with  a  jail  
 only two blocks from the area’s lone elementary  
 school.  
 I’m  sure  that  many  community  
 leaders in Mott Haven would be willing  
 to meet at the Betances Community  
 Center  next  to  St.  Mary’s  Park,  
 after all that’s where details of the  
 community’s  unwelcomed  addition  
 were disclosed. 
 Is it too much to simply repair the  
 jagged streets along Bruckner Boulevard? 
  How about investing in the  
 schools surrounding the jail? Perhaps  
 even keep necessary affordable housing  
 in good condition?  
 Those are just the ‘nuts and bolts’  
 we’re talking about here.  
 This is not to say that Rikers Island  
 shouldn’t be closed down and replaced  
 with healthier, smarter approaches to  
 criminal  justice.  This  is  simply  saying  
 that by trying to help the city the  
 Bronx is once again being hurt.  
 We can’t stand for that kind of culture  
 anymore, our borough deserves more  
 and despite this enormous setback, the  
 city government has  an opportunity to  
 provide the Bronx with assets and funding  
 that it has been neglected. 
 After all NYC, you found the billions  
 of dollars to build the Mott Haven’s  
 jail.  
 
				
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