Opinion: D.C.'s Black teens deserve better than curfews
Policing in Navy Yard is already out of control, and criminalization is likely to only make things worse.
Congress has approved a bill that transfers control over 174 acres of the RFK site to the District, which could use it for a new stadium, green spaces, residential buildings, and more.
This gives the District an opportunity to build new housing, retail, parks — and possibly a new stadium for the Commanders.
D.C.’s longstanding request to control and redevelop the 190-acre RFK site is now unclear, at best.
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