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A career public defender now runs NYC criminal justice, and the job is closing Rikers

Mayor Mamdani has appointed Justine Olderman, former Bronx Defenders executive director, as NYC's new Criminal Justice Coordinator to help close Rikers.

New York just passed the Tampons Aren’t Contraband Act after prisons forced visitors to pull out their tampons or be turned away

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Rikers must legally close by 2027, but its replacement jails aren’t done until the 2030s

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For years, going to jail erased your spot in line for NYC housing. A new law just stopped that.

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He spent 23 years in New York prisons. The state Senate just confirmed him to oversee them, and a Republican said Hochul handed him the keys

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