Take Action: Call on NY1 to investigate the status of the “contingency plan” for Rikers Island

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New York City is surrounded by small islands and barrier beaches, and a glance at the city's evacuation map reveals all of them to be in Zone A (already under a mandatory evacuation order) or Zone B–all, that is, save one. Rikers Island, which lies in the waters between Queens and the Bronx, is not highlighted at all, meaning it is not to be evacuated under any circumstances.
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We were not able to reach anyone at the DOC for comment, but the New York Times's City Room blog reported: "According to the city's Department of Correction, no hypothetical evacuation plan for the roughly 12,000 inmates that the facility may house on a given day even exists. Contingencies do exist for smaller-scale relocations from one facility to another."





http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/rikers-island-prisoners-irene

Call Channel 1 News at 212-691-6397 and urge them to investigate the status of the contingency plan for Riker's Island.

http://www.ny1.com/content/contact_us/

I called and they said that the information they have from the DOC and what the Mayor said yesterday was that Riker's Island was not in an evacuation zone. However, there is not even a contingency plan. So let them know.

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1. kicking my own post to make up for the pyscopaths who unrec'd this.