The unrest comes at a time when Cardinal Edward M. Egan is trying to close a $20 million budget gap with measures that have so far included the closure of three schools in the Archdiocese of New York.
His turnaround plan has so far involved the closure of 11 supermarkets and the sale of 140 M Local convenience stores for about £25m as he tries to improve the shopping experience in larger supermarkets.
The decision to close the four prisons described as uneconomic by the justice secretary means that Grayling has so far ordered the closure of 11 prisons this year, bringing the total number of places in older prisons removed from the system to 4,200.
Hywel Dda Health Board has so far approved the closure of Mynydd Mawr Community Hospital in Tumble and the closure of minor injury units at Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals.
Criticisms started pouring in and created an opportunity for some Arab regimes to incite the US administration against al-Jazeera; some have even gone as far as demanding the closure of al-Jazeera as a precondition for full cooperation with the US.
So far, the cost of the closure has reached more than £85m.
By putting African money into the war chest against poachers, Africa will have earned the moral authority to stand beside China and other countries of the Far East and unapologetically demand the closure of domestic ivory markets.
While there are claims this will benefit women, the main imperative for the closure thus far has been budgetary pressures and a desire to realise the value of the land so it can be sold off for housing that will certainly be far too expensive for the women inside to afford.
The closure is far from set in stone.
In fact, the probe into the closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 has not found Christie to have had prior knowledge of the closure "thus far".
