NYC Gets New Jails Chief As Rikers Federal Takeover Talk Heats Up

NEW YORK CITY — New York City has a new jails chief as talk about a federal takeover of Rikers Island grows ever-louder. Lynelle Maginley-Liddie will be the second Black woman to serve as the Department of Correction’s commissioner, announced Mayor Eric Adams. Maginley-Liddie touted her relationship with court-ordered watchdogs and said she’ll immediately get to work on reforms for […]