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• March 25 - Notification of Death in Custody

• March 13 - Commissioner Richards Appoints Sherrieann Rembert to Chief of Department

• March 4 - Commissioner Richards Appoints Margaret Egan as First Deputy Commissioner

• March 2 - The New York City Department of Correction Reopens Library and Clothing Boutique

• February 2 – NYC Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Deliver New Services to People in Custody

• January 31 - Mayor Mamdani Announces New Appointments, Including Commissioners for Health and Correction

• December 30 – NYC Department of Correction Closes 2025 as a Year of Historic Investment in Staff and People in Custody

• December 22 – Notification of Death in Custody

• December 18 – The New York City Department of Correction Partners with 100 Suits to Open a Men’s Boutique on Rikers Island

• December 11 – The Correction Department to Swear in 301 New Recruits

• December 7 – Notification of Death in Custody

• November 21 – Notification of Death in Custody

• November 14 – Department of Correction Holds Medal Day Ceremony to Honor Members of Service

• November 10 – Brooklyn Children’s Museum Announces the Launch of Haven: Reunification

• October 27 – The New York City Department of Correction and The Children’s Museum of Manhattan Open New Family-Friendly Visits Center

• September 11 – Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry and Commissioner Maginley-Liddie Welcome More than 160 New Correction Officers to the Department

• August 8 – City to Enroll People in Custody Into IDNYC Program to Ease Transition Back to Community

• June 17 – The New York City Department of Correction and NYC Public Schools  Commemorate East River Academy’s 2025 Graduation

• June 9 – Mayor Adams, NYCEDC, DOC Announce Plan to Remove Decommissioned Jail Barge From Hunts Point, Unveil Ambitious Vision for Innovative Marine Terminal

• May 30 – The Department Holds The Largest Swearing-in Ceremony for Correction Officer Recruits Under the Adams Administration

• May 20 - New York City Department of Correction Takes Top National Honor

• April 11 - NYC Parks and the NYC Correction Department Open Exhibition Featuring Artwork by People in Custody

• March 21 – Deputy Mayor Daughtry and Commissioner Maginley-Liddie Welcome More Than 100 New Correction Officers to the Department

• March 12 - DOC at 130 Years: Department of Correction Celebrates Women’s History Month with 3rd Annual Women’s Conference

• February 21 - DOC at 130 Years: Department of Correction Renames Law Library in Honor of Longest Serving Employee in Agency History

• January 31 – NYC Department of Correction Celebrates 130 Years of Public Safety and Correctional Innovation

• January 30 – NYC Department of Correction Joins Partner Law Enforcement Agencies to Promote Staff Development and Resilience

• January 10 – NYC Department of Correction Opens a New Staff Wellness Center on Rikers Island

• December 20 - NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie Heralded 2024 as a “Let’s Do This” Year Which Saw a Reduction in Violence and Improvements in Safety and Programming

• December 18 - Department Holds Swearing-in Ceremony for 115 Correction Officer Recruits

• November 14 – Department of Correction Honors Members of Service on Medal Day

• November 14 – Department of Correction Relaunches Youth Law Enforcement Explorer Program

• November 7 – Adams Administration Celebrates Progress of Rikers Island Culinary Training Initiative to Cook Healthier Meals, Reduce Citywide Carbon Emissions, and Create Workforce Training Opportunities

• July 18 – Department Of Correction Swore In This Year’s Second Class of Correction Officer Recruits

• June 7 – Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie Presides Over the Graduation of 77 New Correction Officers and Swearing-In Ceremony for Seven Appointees Including Members of Her Executive Leadership Team

• May 3 – Department of Correction Launches New Recruitment Campaign

• April 22 – New York City Awarded $100,000 Grant To Provide Plant-Based Culinary Training To Workers At Rikers And Juvenile Justice Centers

• March 14 – Department of Correction Celebrates Women’s History Month With 2nd Annual Women’s Conference

• April 22 – New York City Awarded $100,000 Grant To Provide Plant-Based Culinary Training To Workers At Rikers And Juvenile Justice Centers

• March 14 – Department of Correction Celebrates Women’s History Month With 2nd Annual Women’s Conference

• March 6 – Department of Correction Swears in This Year’s First Class of 82 New Correction Officer Recruits

• March 4 - Mayor Adams Announces Progress to Improve Care and Services for People in Custody, Advances Plans for Future Uses of Rikers Islan

• March 1 - Commissioner Maginley-Liddie Appoints Francis Torres as First Deputy Commissioner

• March 1 - NYCDOC becomes the DOJ Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center’s First-Ever Correctional Partner

• February 22 - Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon Announces Indictment in First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Smuggling Case Involving Transfer of Fentanyl, Other Narcotics Into Correctional Facilities Through Drug-Laced Court Paperwork

• February 2 - Department of Correction Awarded Grant from New York State Office of Mental Health’s Suicide Prevention Center

• January 21- Transcript: Mayor Adams, Doc Commissioner Maginley-liddie, NYPD Commissioner Caban Discuss How City Council Bills Will Make City And Jails Less Safe, Seek To Work With Council To Ensure Public Safety

• January 19 - Mayor Adams Vetoes City Council Bill That Could Make NYC Streets Less Safe

• January 11 – Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie Presides Over the Graduation of 72 New Correction Officers and Swearing-In Ceremony for Seven Non-Uniform Members of Her Executive Leadership Team

• December 29 - Department of Correction’s Health Affairs Division Awarded $249,000 for the Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal Year 23 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program Grant

• December 21 - DOC Continues to Reduce Violence and Increase Training

• December 8 - Mayor Adams Appoints Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as Department of Correction Commissioner

• November 21 – Department of Correction’s Programs and Community Partnerships Division Awarded $498,500 for the Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal Year 23 Smart Reentry: Expanding Jail Programs and Services grant.

• November 17 – Department of Correction Launches New Web Form For Leftover Commissary Funds

• November 17 – Department Update: Unused Commissary Funds

• October 31 – Mayor Adams Appoints Louis Molina as Assistant Deputy Mayor for Public Safety

• October 19 – Department of Correction Swears In This Year's Third Class Of Correction Officer Recruits

• October 12 – Commissioner Louis A. Molina To Preside Over Graduating Ceremony For 116 Correction Officers And Swearing-in Ceremony For New Members Of His Executive Leadership Team

• September 19 – Commissioner Molina Appoints Four New Members to Executive Leadership Team

• September 7 – NYC Department of Correction Holds Annual September 11th Ceremony to Remember Members Lost to World Trade Center Illnesses and to Honor the Heroic Work of its Members in the World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Effort

• July 20 – Department of Correction Swears in New Class of 128 Correction Officer Recruits

• July 13 – NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services To Provide Free Smartphones To Vulnerable New Yorkers Leaving Rikers Island At First-of-Its-Kind Reentry Service Center

• June 30 – Department of Correction Welcomes the Twinning Project to Rikers Island

• May 25 – Commissioner Louis A. Molina Cuts Ribbon on New Scholarship Unit at Department of Correction Academy

• May 19 – Commissioner Molina Presides Over the Graduation of New Correction Officers and Swears in New Members of his Executive Leadership Team

• May 4 – DOC launches Correction Officer recruitment campaign for the “Toughest and Most Rewarding Career in Law Enforcement"

• May 3 – Commissioner Molina Names Frank Dwyer Deputy Commissioner for Public Information

• April 24 – DOC Appoints Five Assistant Commissioners of Operations

• April 6 – The Good Newsroom - Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Performs Mass for Staff and Detainees at the Eric M. Taylor Center

• April 5 – Archbishop Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Performs Mass for staff and detainees at the Eric M. Taylor Center

• March 29 – News12 - NYC Department of Correction hosts first-ever women's conference to honor agency's history

• March 20 - For the First Time in Five Years, the NYC Department of Correction Welcomes Its New Class of Captains

• February 7 – James Sanders Esq. to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Health Affairs

• December 30 - NYC Department of Correction continues improving safety and operations as it approaches one year of leadership under Commissioner Molina
  

• December 21 - Mayor Adams Delivers Public Safety Wins for New Yorkers Over First Year in Office

• December 13 - DOC officially launches new tablet program for all people in custody

• November 20 – CBS - The Point: Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina on fixing Rikers Island

• November 14 – NY1 - Correction commissioner defends city jails, hopes to avoid federal takeover of Rikers

• October 25 - NYC Department of Correction response to the NYC Board of Correction report on Lockdowns in Correction Facilities

• October 24 - NYC Department of Correction, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, and Robin Hood Partner to Resume Off Island Family Visitation with Expanded Program Mode

• September 9 - NYC Department of Correction 9/11 Anniversary ceremony remarks from Commissioner Molina

• September 7 - Ronald Edwards to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Administration
  
  
• August 22 – NY1 - Exclusive: Department of Correction launches new data portal

• August 22 - DOC Launches New Data Dashboard with Key Agency Indicators

• August 9 - Paul Shechtman to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters/General Counsel

• August 1 - James Boyd to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Public Information

• July 27 - Mary Mary Visits Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC) on Rikers Island

• July 26 - Christopher L. Miller to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Classification, Custody Management and Facility Operations

• June 22 - Mayor Adams, DOC Commissioner Molina Announce Over 2,700 Weapons Recovered From Rikers Island, Indicating Safer Jails as Tactical Search Operations Resume
  

• June 22 - Mayor Adams Announces Over 2700 Weapons Recovered from Riker's Island
  
  
• June 8 – NY1 - Correction commissioner pitches plan to reform Rikers

• May 31 – Solange N. Grey to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Trials

• May 16 – Ronald A. Brereton to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of Security Operations

• May 12 - Mayor Adams Announces Interagency Task Force To Bring Full Resources And Expertise Of City Government To Remedy Rikers Island Crisis

• May 9 – Manuel J. Hernandez to Serve as Deputy Commissioner of the Investigation Division
  
  
• May 7 – New York Times - He’s In Charge of Fixing Rikers Island. His Plan Is Due in 11 Days

• April 22 – DOC Appoints Joshua Young as Deputy Commissioner of Management Analysis & Planning

• April 11 – DOC Modernizes Its Commissary Operations

• March 16 – Progress Made In Restoring Safety And Security in DOC Facilities Heading Into First 100 Days of New Administration

• March 2 – “Gateways To Galleries”

• February 9 – DOC To Resume In-Person Visits on Feb. 9
  
  
• February 8 - NY1 - Inside Rikers, one-on-one with new Correction Commissioner Louis Molina

• January 31- New York City Department of Correction Recruit Graduation Ceremony remarks, Commissioner Louis A. Molina

• January 31 - 1,000 NYC Uniform Correction Staff Back on Active Duty Following Record-High Absences, Bedford Hills Transferees Returning to Rose M. Singer Center, and 4 DOC Facilities No Longer on 12-hour Shifts

• January 31 - Mayor Adams Attends Department of Correction Graduation Ceremony

• January 28 – DOC Livestreams the Broadway Play “Clyde’s” Onto Rikers Island.

• January 11 - Message from the Commissioner

• December 30 - First Lady Chirlane McCray and Department of Correction Announce Plans to Relocate Artwork by Faith Ringgold from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum

• December 30 – Department of Correction Transfers Rikers Island Land to Department of Citywide Administrative Services

• December 21 - Visits Limited to Video-Only for Safety Amid Covid Surge

• December 9 – Music Returns to Rikers Island

• December 6 – New Correction Department Data Reveal Declines in Violence, Uses of Force, and AWOLs

• November 30 – DOC’s K9 Team Places 3rd In The Inaugural AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge

• November 29 – DOC To Move To 12-Hour Shifts In Preparation For Vaccination Deadline

• November 24 – DOC’s K9 Unit Competes In The Inaugural AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge

• November 22 – NYC Department of Correction Hart Island Handover Ceremony, Headquarters Commissioner Schiraldi

• November 22 – NYC Department of Correction Hart Island Handover Ceremony, Headquarters Chief of Department Kenneth Stukes

• November 22 – NYC Department of Correction Hart Island Handover Ceremony, Headquarters Guest Speaker Thomas McCarthy

• November 9 – DOC Commissioner Schiraldi testimony before the Board of Correction

• November 2021- RMAS Executive Order FAQs

• 2021 Cold Weather Action plan

• October 19 – DOC Commissioner Schiraldi testimony before the Board of Correction

• September 23 – Mayor De Blasio, DOC Commissioner Schiraldi unveil additional jail safety and security measures

• September 15 - Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• September 11 - NYC Department of Correction 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Remarks, Rikers Island Chief of Department Kenneth Stukes

• September 11 - NYC Department of Correction 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Remarks, Rikers Island Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi

• September 11 - NYC Department of Correction 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Remarks, Rikers Island Press Secretary Jason Kersten

• September 7 - DOC Fact Sheet: Staffing and Efforts to Improve Conditions

• September 7 - Remarks by Commissioner Vincent R. Schiraldi on Staffing and Jail Conditions

• August 26 – Dr. Fauci Creates Vax Videos for NYC Jails

• August 6 - City Identifies Site for New Correction Academy

• July 27 - DOC Transfers First Rikers Facility to DCAS

• July 12 - Leader with More Than 30 Years Experience Appointed Chief of Department at DOC

• July 8 - Transfer of James A. Thomas Center to Department of Citywide Services

• July 2 - DOC’s Top Uniformed Officer Retires After More Than 30 Years of Service

• June 30 - Department of Correction appoints BOC Vice-Chair Stanley Richards as First Deputy Commissioner of Programs and Operations

• June 29 - DOC Launches New LGBTQIA+ Initiatives, Including "Pride Ambassadors"

• June 22 - DOC Medal Day Recognizes Members of Service Who Have Gone Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

• June 11 – The NYC Engagement Commission, Department of Cultural Affairs, and Public Artist in Residence Yazmany Arboleda Roll Out “The People’s Bus”

• June 10 - Statement from DOC Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi on the passage of Less Is More Legislation

• June 9 - Department of Correction to Resume In-Person Visits and Other Services Suspended due to COVID-19

• June 8 - NYC Board of Correction Votes to end Solitary Confinement in City's Jails

• June 8 – DOC Commissioner Schiraldi testimony before the Board of Correction

• June 1 - Mayor de Blasio Appoints Vincent Schiraldi as Commissioner of the Department of Correction

• May 20 – DOC Commissioner Brann Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice and Finance

• May 11 – Commissioner Brann to leave The Department of Correction following a near 40-year career in public service

• April 27 - Executive Director of Women’s Initiatives Anne Penson Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• March 22 – DOC First Deputy Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• March 10 – DOC at a glance report

• March 8 – Mayor De Blasio, NYC Board of Correction to end solitary confinement in City jails

• March 5 – New York City Department of Correction Appoints Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Diversity Officer

• January 13—DOC Celebrates 125th Anniversary

• December 29 – Chief of Department Hazel Jennings Wins Frederick O’Reilly Hayes Prize for COVID-19 Response

• December 15 – Cold Weather Protocol

• December 11 – DOC Commissioner Brann Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• November 12 – DOC at a glance report

• October 30 – Commissioner Brann’s Remarks Promotions & Appointments Ceremony

• October 21 - Major Milestone Reached in City's Commitment to Close Rikers Island Jails

• September 22 - DOC Chief Jennings Testimony before NYS Joint Public Hearing: Impact of COVID-19 on Prisons and Jails Senate Standing Committee on Health

• September 21 – DOC Commissioner Brann Testimony before New York City Council Meeting Committee on Criminal Justice Committee on Hospitals

• September 11 – Statement by Commissioner Brann on DOC’s 9/11 Wreath Laying Ceremony - We Remember, We Were There

• August 15 - Statement by Commissioner Brann on shooting of Off-Duty Correction Officer

• June 30 - DOC Hosts ‘Boldest Food Drive’ for Families Impacted by COVID-19

• June 29 - Mayor de Blasio and Board of Correction Chair Jennifer Jones Austin Announce Working Group to End Punitive Segregation

• June 15 - NYC Department of Correction Gets Out the Vote

• May 22 – DOC at a glance report

• May 19 – DOC Commissioner Brann Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• May 12 – Commissioner Brann testimony before the Board of Correction

• May 7 - A Message from the New York City Department of Correction

• May 6 – DOC Provides New Televisiting Capabilities for People in Custody

• April 21 – City Jail Population Drops Below 4,000 For The First Time Since 1946

• March 17 – ADVISORY: TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON VISITS

• March 16 – Commissioner's Statement on the Passing of a Member of Service

• March 12 – Important Notice For Visitors Regarding Coronavirus

• March 3 – DOC statement on response to Coronavirus

• February 3 – Commissioner Cynthia Brann Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice

• January 25 – DOC at a glance report