“It’s a big day for justice in the Bronx. As we move to build more than 700 affordable homes, open space and small businesses in Hunts Point on the site of the old Spofford facility, we are seeing a community rising and the righting of old wrongs. We celebrate the City Council’s vote to adopt The Peninsula redevelopment plan today, and I thank Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. and Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. for their work in bringing about this transformation. I also want to thank the hundreds of community and criminal justice reform advocates inside and outside of government who worked for decades to shutter this notorious juvenile center.”
EDITOR'S NOTE:
We wonder just what the name of this project will be? The Spofford Arms?
Thank You Mayor de Blasio, Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr., City Council Speaker Johnson, and Councilman Salamanca.
