TASK FORCE to address PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS( excerpt from Mayor Adam's OP ED on Rikers reform)

                                      

     This is an exerpt from Mayor Adam's Op Ed  addressing the reforms that are being implemented

at the Riker's Island Correctional Facility. Riker's Island is generally acknowledged to be a

"Hellhole". Allowed to become a nearly lawless environment. Not good for the incarcerated.

The employees. For society. There is a similar need for a multi agency TASK FORCE to address

the PUBLIC SAFETY and mental health crisis bludgeoning the quality of life on the city streets and

sidewalks. We the public respectfully request that Manhattan Boro President Mark Levine step

to this crisis and form such a TASK FORCE.

                                         

Though we are only 10 months into this new era, Commissioner Molina and the Task Force have already been singled out in the latest Nunez Monitor Status Report for their efforts to make progress. The latest report, released just last week, stated that the Task Force has “effectively resolved a number of issues that required multiagency collaboration and cooperation.” The report also praised the commissioner’s hiring decisions, clear mandates and courage to make unpopular yet important changes.

We know that a tremendous amount of hard work lies ahead in order to make our jails safer, but I’m proud that the report recognized the work that Commissioner Molina and his team have already done within a short ti