The city plans to build a high-rise jail complex in the heart of lower Manhattan and three other outer-borough lockups as part of its sweeping plan to close Rikers Island, officials confirmed Wednesday. Under the plan, a nine-story government building at 80 Centre St. — which currently houses the city’s Marriage Bureau, courtrooms and other...

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