The Department of Corrections in Westchester County, New York City

The New York City jail system has been struggling since before you took office. You worked on compliance with the new Nunez Decree, the federal consent decree under which the jail system is still operating. How did the jails get to be where they are? There were three distinct decisions that put us on a pathway to the brink of collapse January 1st of 2022. And I think the dismantling of a core part of our criminal justice system in this city was intentionally made so that Rikers Island would close by any means necessary.