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At center, New York City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (Queens) said she feels she made the right choice in voting to construct four new jails in New York City and close Rikers Island. "This is the hardest vote I have taken in my entire career," she said. "But you know what, I go to sleep at night and I sleep very well. The people that say 'no' have no solutions, they just say 'no.'” (Photo by AMANDA OTTAWAY/Courthouse News Service)