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The time for a federal takeover of Rikers Island jails is now
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City Hall to tap eight-year NYC DOC veteran as new commissioner: sources
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie will be tapped as the commissioner for the city's troubled jail system as her boss transitions to his new City Hall job, sources told The Post.
Why Rikers Island is ripe for a rethink
Mayor Adams announced last month that Louis Molina will leave his post as commissioner of New York City’s Department of Correction (DOC) to become the assistant deputy mayor for public...
Correction boss Louis Molina's move to City Hall may signal a fed takeover NY jails need
Why did City Hall just kick Correction Commissioner Louis Molina upstairs? The obvious guess is that it thinks the feds are at long last about to take over the city’s...
FBI probe shows there's much potential for corruption in Mayor Adams' circle
There’s no good time for a mayor to be enveloped in a haze of corruption, but there couldn’t be a worse time for New York for Mayor Eric Adams to be...
DOC head leaving post for new City Hall gig as Rikers federal takeover looms
Mayor Eric Adams has tapped current Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina as the new Assistant Deputy Mayor to Public Safety, city hall announced on Tuesday.
Rikers officer plants weapon in inmate's cell, doesn't realize his own body cam caught crime: DA
Rosario -- who has worked in the city's Department of Corrections for seven years -- unintentionally engaged his camera while "conducting a search inside of Robert N. Davoren Center" and...
'Maniac' accused of blinding straphanger says NYC needs more subway cops to combat crazies
Waheed Foster, who allegedly beat a woman so badly she lost vision in her right eye, said the city needs more cops to crack down on transit crime.
Never-ended Rikers' horrors demand more radical change at Correction Department
The latest Rikers Island scandal predates Eric Adams’ mayoralty, but the fact that it only surfaced this week is fresh proof of how entrenched the rot is.
NYC investigators found more than $780K in unused equipment in closed Rikers facility with hidden lounge
Workers from the city's Department of Correction squirreled away hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of unused equipment inside an abandoned jail on Rikers Island, according to a city investigation.
Inmate dies on Rikers Island — 9th dead in DOC custody this year
Manesh Kunwar, 27, was found dead at the Eric M. Taylor Center Thursday morning, seven days after being detained there, according to the Legal Aid Society.
'Overworked' Rikers guard pocketed over $170K in bogus OT while vacationing, staying home: feds
Veteran Rikers Island corrections officer James Internicola pocketed more than $170,000 in bogus overtime, even while on vacation in Aruba and the Jersey Shore, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said.
Bodega worker who fatally stabbed attacker sues Manhattan DA Bragg, NYPD for racial discrimination
The former bodega worker was charged with murder and held on Rikers after fatally stabbing an attacker in what he claimed was a self-defense slaying.
Scandal-scarred nonprofit rakes in over $500K in taxpayer dollars
Exodus Transitional Community, which helps ex-cons transition back to public life, raked in $538,000 in taxpayer money despite recent scandals.
NYC Department of Correction shells out $150K for sniper rifles, accessories: report
The New York City Department of Correction is reportedly shelling out about $150,000 for new rifles, scopes, tripods and ammunition.
Adams says closing Rikers Island a 'flawed plan' as he asks City Council for new solution
"It was a flawed plan from the beginning," Adams said in some of his most decisive comments to date on the planned closing of the infamous island jail.
Rikers inmate charged with attempted murder for pummeling correction officer
Rashidi Smith, 41, beat a correctional officer until he was unconscious after he refused to call the office about Smith's reported release before it opened.
Chinatown chefs, restaurants demand that NYC scrap plans for world's tallest jail
Chefs and restaurant owners have joined local Chinatown residents to demand that the city abandon plans to build the world’s tallest jail in the heart of the neighborhood.
Ex-NYC inmates leave $4.2M sitting in unclaimed jail commissary accounts: officials
Former inmates at Rikers Island and other Big Apple lockups have left behind a staggering $4.2 million in their commissary accounts -- and it's still waiting to be refunded, officials...
Rikers Island inmate charged over stabbing mental health clinician in the face with 'makeshift dagger': prosecutors
Claude White, 24, faces charges of attempted murder, assault, and other raps for allegedly stabbing the victim with a "makeshift dagger."