The four new borough-based jails being proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to replace scandal-scarred Rikers Island have been significantly slashed in height, by an average of nine stories, to help secure key City Council support ahead of Thursday’s vote on the $8.7 billion project. The trimmings for the planned high-rise lockups — eyed for...

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