De Blasio avoids protests at his poll site

Darren Mack, an activist with the group #CLOSErikers, waited outside the Park Slope library with dozens to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 10-year timeline to shutter the city’s jail island. A panel led by the state’s former chief judge says the closure and opening of smaller, borough-based jails could be done quicker. (Credit: Newsday / Matthew Chayes). Nov. 7, 2017.