纽约华埠居民起诉市府叫停“超级监狱”18小时施工：要求重做环境评估
位于纽约州纽约市曼哈顿华埠的居民与商户本周向州最高法院提起诉讼，要求市府叫停市中心监狱工地自 10 月 12 日起实施的延长施工安排，并重新进行环境评估。这座 16 层监狱位于中央街、紧邻曼哈顿刑事法院，施工时间已延长至工作日每天 18 小时、周末 8 小时。
原告称，延长工时使施工强度较原先环境评估时翻倍有余，长者尤其受影响：夜间灯光、挖掘噪音、机械怠速与粉尘令社区不堪重负。社区组织“欢迎来到华埠”（Welcome to Chinatown）创始人 Vic Lee 表示，年长居民是社区的根基，如此对待尊长者“不人道且残酷”，附近长者中心也承受了额外负担。
这座监狱是全市 160 亿美元关闭 Rikers 岛监狱、在五区各建一座监狱计划的一部分。市府方面称，延长工时可将工期缩短两年、力争 2032 年完工；市议员 Chris Marte 批评市府“抛弃了华埠”。市府发言人 Sam Raskin 回应称，工地已设有振动、粉尘与噪音独立监测及消音措施，市府将在法庭上回应诉讼主张。
Chinatown residents sue New York City to halt 18-hour jail construction days, seek new environmental review
NEW YORK, New York — Residents and businesses in Manhattan's Chinatown, in New York County, New York, sued the city in state supreme court this week to halt the extended construction schedule at the downtown jail site that began October 12 and to compel a new environmental review. The 16-story jail on Centre Street, next to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, is now being built 18 hours a day on weekdays and eight hours on weekends.
The plaintiffs say the extended hours more than double the construction intensity assumed in the earlier environmental review, and that seniors are bearing the brunt: overnight lighting, excavation noise, idling machinery and dust. Vic Lee, founder of the community group Welcome to Chinatown, called the treatment of elders — the root of the community — "inhumane and cruel," and said a nearby senior center is under added strain.
The jail is part of the city's $16 billion plan to close Rikers Island and build a jail in each borough. The city says the longer hours will shave two years off the schedule, targeting completion in 2032. Council Member Chris Marte accused the city of abandoning Chinatown. City spokesperson Sam Raskin said the site already has independent vibration, dust and noise monitoring and sound-dampening measures, and that the city will respond to the claims in court.
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图片来源：曼哈顿华埠勿街街景。图片：Frank Schulenburg，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Mott Street in Manhattan's Chinatown. Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
