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| NYCLU lawsuit on Hart Island settled, City Island Civic Association continues to look for transfer to Parks |
| By bxtimes.com- Patrick Rocchio |
| Published: 07/22/2015 |
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The Department of Corrections has agreed to provide greater access to gravesites on Hart Island as settlement of a lawsuit with the New York Civil Liberties Union. The settlement will provide access to burial sites for families, and establish one weekend day a month when visitors will be able to use a city ferry from City Island to visit the remote, secluded, approximately 100-acre island that is the city’s ‘potter’s field.’ Meanwhile, members of the City Island Civic Association continue to advocate for the transfer of Hart Island from the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections to the Parks Department to prevent the city from using the island for detrimental purposes. John Doyle, CICA corresponding secretary, said that transferring jurisdiction to the Parks Department hurts no one. The association views a bill currently pending before the City Council which would facilitate the transfer as a step towards preventing projects on Hart Island like jails, homeless shelters and incinerators, he said. Read More. |
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