“Yesterday, dozens of Brooklyn residents waving ‘Stop the Jail’ signs stood in protest with the local City Council member, David Yassky, the city comptroller, William Thompson Jr., and a handful of state legislators. ‘This is a case where the Department of Correction is saying, ‘If it isn’t broke, break it,” Mr. Thompson, an expected mayoral candidate in 2009, said yesterday…They urged Mayor Bloomberg to sell the property and build more jail space on Rikers Island instead…A recently formed citizen action group, StopBHOD, is opposing the development, citing a lack of transparency and adequate research on the effects of reopening.”–Sun