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- The Mamdani administration aims to reduce New York City's jail population as Rikers Island operates at 92% capacity amid a staffing crisis, per DOC Commissioner Stanley Richards.
- He said the average daily population rose nearly 10% year over year and called for staffing stabilization and expanded alternatives to incarceration.
- Richards cited dangerous conditions for correction officers, including a female officer being slashed, and warned borough-based jails may not open before 2029.
