A bill championed by New York City corrections officers to have Queens County, not Bronx County, prosecute crimes committed on Rikers Island has been denounced by major players in the criminal justice system.
On Tuesday, the New York Civil Liberties Union urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto the bill that the state Legislature overwhelmingly approved this spring. Previously, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, the Legal Aid Society of New York City and District Attorneys Robert Johnson of the Bronx and Richard Brown of Queens had also opposed the bill.
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