"The recusal was necessary because lawyers in her office were already defending four of the 15 corrections employees involved in the events that preceded the death in unrelated civil lawsuits." — via Jan Ransom nytimes.com/2025/03/06/nyr…

"City payroll records as of Feb. 20 also show 394 staffers have left the agency during her tenure, with 288 of those resigning." — @graham_rayman reports on a DOI probe into questionable hiring including a doc to perform physicals on people on probation nydailynews.com/2025/03/07/pro…

"Amsterdam News Managing Editor Damaso Reyes told The News the op-ed was received from Mercury managing director Michael Nitzky, who told them Holmes had written it." — via @graham_rayman nydailynews.com/2025/03/07/nyc…

The CCRB was so understaffed last year that it closed 1,440 complaints without investigating them and just three members of City Council showed up at their own hearing on the agency's budget

Some news! On Monday, April 7, Vital City and Newmark J-School will host a mayoral candidate forum on crime and public safety at Roosevelt House. The great Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) will moderate, joined by Brigid Bergin and reuvenblau.bsky.social. It'll be live-streamed for all to see.

Inbox: ⁦New York City Department of Correction⁩ announces the fourth death behind bars this year so far. The first woman. A federal judge is currently contemplating appointing a so-called receiver to take over all or parts of the department after years of failed reforms.

NOBODY PANIC: You may now purchase THE CITY merch on our brand-new online store: teerico.com/collections/th…

Inbox: A Rikers Island detainee died last night, the fifth fatality this year so far. A federal judge overseeing the department of correction has concluded the only way to reform the agency is by appointing a receiver. None has been selected yet. DOC contends it can do the job.

Update: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, was the incarcerated person who died on Rikers Island last night, according to multiple sources. Jenkins was the fifth person to die on Rikers this year. He was facing an attempted murder charge. The cause of death has not been determined yet.

Lagging in polls after an extraordinary deal with the Trump administration to drop corruption charges against him, mayor says he’ll run to represent the city’s “working class.” — via ⁦katiehonan.bsky.social⁩ thecity.nyc/2025/04/03/eri…

New: The Adams administration is preparing to reopen a jail facility on Rikers to add space for convicted people who should be moved to state custody but can’t right now because of post-strike chaos. Around 500 state ready people wait to be moved upstate. thecity.nyc/2025/04/03/rik…

Local news matters: “You saved me, whether from another beating or death, that article made them think, if we touch this kid, it’s going to hit the New York Daily News, and whoever is connected to that is going to burn,” he told ⁦THE CITY⁩. thecity.nyc/2025/04/07/ny-…

Tune in at 9 a.m. for our mayoral forum on public safety and quality of life, moderated by Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) with questions from Brigid Bergin and reuvenblau.bsky.social — cosponsored by Newmark J-School, live from Roosevelt House. youtube.com/live/7nh3KBOrR…

New: Short-lived “agreement” on discovery changes in state budget are apparently falling apart, per a source familiar with negotiations. New bill language was submitted by State Assembly that doesn’t line up with deal green-lit by Governor Kathy Hochul & 5 city district attorneys.

5. New York City is among the safest transit systems by rate Looking at New York’s peer transit systems, it is clear that NYC rates among the safest in terms of violent crime, even with the recent increases following the pandemic (which were not unique to NYC, either).

.Michele Deitch, an expert on jail and prison oversight, said outside investigations are critical “so family members can have closure, so the public knows what is happening inside, and so that jail staff learn how these deaths can be prevented going forward.” boltsmag.org/texas-jail-dea…

“I was very moved — he asked how the Jewish community in New York was after the attacks of Oct. 7,” he said. “We only chatted about 10 minutes or so. He asked me to convey his love and solidarity with them.” nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/… via @NYTimes

“I never would have thought they would have reinstated this case,” Mr. Brown said in a conference room in the Bronx offices of the Fortune Society, where he had been slated to start a job on Monday. “I feel as if I’m being pushed back into a sepulcher." nytimes.com/2025/04/24/nyr…

New York State is currently keeping 404 people in prison simply b/c they have no place to go. That's the only reason they are locked up right now. The state law dictating early releases by DOCCS bars them from being sprung straight into shelters. thecity.nyc/2025/04/29/hoc…

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