With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-...

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Countdown to Closing Rikers Day of Action. Special guest Radical Evolution Theater performed a game show, The Price Is Rikers, ending with the powerful song "It's Not a Game."

With focused action from City Hall, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to #CloseRikers with urgency!

SIGN OUR PETITION here to tell the Mayor to act NOW to #CloseRikers: bit.ly/closerikers-...

On August 31, one year before the legal deadline to Close Rikers, the Campaign to #CloseRikers held a Day of Action. Our senior organizer Ashley Santiago led a call and response reminding all of us that every person at Rikers is a New Yorker just like we are.

With focused action, we can significantly reduce the number of people in Rikers by August 31, 2027, and put our City clearly back on the path to closing Rikers with urgency. Read our updated Countdown to #CloseRikers policy brief on next steps for moving to a post-Rikers NYC!