"The high-ranking role comes with a $180,000 to $230,000 salary, the listing states, and "will serve as a trusted advisor to the mayor, first deputy mayor, and the administration's senior leadership on all matters related to the closing of Rikers.""
"The city is legally mandated to close the Rikers Island jail complex, which has long been troubled by reports of subpar conditions and violence, by August 2027. Last year, 15 people died at Rikers or while in medical care shortly after being released from custody."
"The jails czar would be tasked with getting that plan back on track by ensuring that "all projects and initiatives associated with the closing of Rikers and the building of borough-based jails are on track for timely completion," according to the job posting."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is recruiting a high-ranking jails czar to advise senior leadership on closing Rikers Island jail complex by the August 2027 legal deadline. The position offers $180,000 to $230,000 annually. Rikers has faced persistent problems including violence and poor conditions, with 15 deaths occurring there or shortly after release last year. The czar will oversee plans to replace Rikers with four borough-based jails, a project that stalled under the previous Adams administration. The Brooklyn facility, furthest along in construction, isn't expected complete until 2029. Mamdani has already taken steps including ending solitary confinement and appointing criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards to lead the Department of Correction.
#rikers-island-closure #criminal-justice-reform #borough-based-jails #new-york-city-administration #jail-system-management
Read at Gothamist
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]