New York Post

Hey, fix Rikers already: Cuomo

- Michael Gartland, Shari Logan

Gov. Cuomo took another swipe at Mayor de Blasio’s handling of Rikers Island Sunday, describing conditions there as “intolerabl­e.”

“We’re not asking people to take a rocket to Mars . . . This is constructi­on of a jail, right?” Cuomo said at an unrelated press conference in The Bronx.

“The situation is intolerabl­e and something has to be done.”

De Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips responded sarcastica­lly, “Rikers’ challenges are far from new. But, as someone who runs a state prison system defined by escapees, deplorable conditions and widespread racial bias, we welcome the governor to the conversati­on.”

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