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After years of delays and protests, a controversial 295-foot, or 16-story-tall jail in New York’s Chinatown is set to break ground in February under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration.
On Thursday, officials from the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice held a construction kickoff briefing to announce the project’s schedule—marking a decisive blow to the Chinatown community’s yearslong campaign for an alternative to what is set to be the world’s tallest correctional facility…