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New York City is a very small place: only 302 square miles. Nobody has to travel very far to get from one place to another in the City. Conversely the rural M
by pasttense01 4y ago
New York City is a very small place: only 302 square miles. Nobody has to travel very far to get from one place to another in the City. Conversely the rural Midwest county with less than 19,000 people where I live has an area twice as big--and most of the counties in my state are roughly that size.
As to transporting people to court they should switch to Zoom instead.
- aerostable_slug 4y ago> As to transporting people to court they should switch to Zoom instead. This is happening. Same with video visits. The reform movement for Riker's started well before these were realities for the majority of inmates.
- panzagl 4y agoWater makes travel take longer than the small area would indicate- there's a reason why anyone who drives through NYC is obsessed with bridges and tunnels.
- bobthepanda 4y agoAlso, heavy congestion. It can easily take an hour to drive from Rikers to Downtown Brooklyn or Jamaica, where two of the five courthouses are.