KEW GARDENS RIKERS

Local pols rap city plan to move inmates

BY DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 10:46 AM

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THE LAST jailbirds to nest in this Kew Gardens prison were a family of red-tailed hawks.

Now, a city plan to move hundreds of inmates from Rikers Island to the Queens House of Detention is ruffling the feathers of local officials.

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