"The Mayor directed the Law Department and Department of Correction to develop a plan in collaboration with various parties, and will minimum standards and implement Local Law 42. This plan aims to improve conditions on Rikers Island for both staff and people in custody, Mamdani said. The directive was issued through Emergency Executive Order 1. "Today, we are taking a decisive step to improve conditions and move our jail system toward long-term stability and safety for those in custody and correction staff," Mamdani said."
"The DOC will immediately return to standard procurement rules. Mamdani also signed Emergency Executive Order 1.9, which ends procurement-related suspensions. Corporation Counsel Steve Banks stated that the Department of Correction and Law Department developed the plan to address long-standing issues in the jail system. The City has also produced a plan to return the shelter system to compliance with legal and regulatory standards."
City plans to end 12-hour shifts for all correctional staff by spring and to separate people in custody by age at Rikers Island and other shelter sites beginning this summer. The Mayor directed the Law Department and Department of Correction to develop a plan and implement Local Law 42 under Emergency Executive Order 1. The plan aims to improve conditions and move the jail system toward long-term stability and safety for staff and people in custody. DOC will return to standard procurement rules after Emergency Executive Order 1.9 ends procurement suspensions. The City will close the last emergency asylum seeker shelter, transition residents to compliant DHS facilities, bring single-adult shelters into capacity compliance, and pursue phased transitions plus strengthened prevention and diversion programs.
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