On his last day as city controller Bill Thompson finally gave in to to a project he's been fighting tooth and nail—the expansion of a jail in downtown Brooklyn. Thrice the former mayoral candidate has blocked the $34 million project, citing price concerns and finally Mayor Bloomberg slapped a lawsuit on Thompson, charging that his opposition to the jail was motivated by a personal grudge. Just yesterday following his announced that he'll run for mayor again, he capitulated to the mayor's demands regarding the infamous House of D. more ›

Even though the area once home to the House of D is now better known as the House of TJ's, City Councilman David Yassky and Controller William Thompson are still trying to block the city from the reopening and expansion of a jail in Downtown Brooklyn that has been closed since 2003. The two filed a lawsuit against the city trying to stop $430 million deal planned by the Bloomberg administration to add 720 beds to the the Brooklyn House of Detention in a move they say is a "waste of taxpayer money and would have a destructive effect on the local economy.". The suit claims that the city "secretively and illegally" re-populated the jail when it sent 31 prisoners there over the weekend in order to claim that it never closed. The Dept. of Corrections says it would like to have the jail reopened by early next year. more ›