New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tapped an ex-con to run the city’s embattled corrections system — with his appointee set to oversee the same jail where he served time for robbery in the 1980s.
Named Saturday as commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction was Stanley Richards, a former felon turned criminal justice reformer, as the new mayor’s administration aims to push a rehabilitation-focused overhaul of corrections.
The 64-year-old Richards will take office in mid-February with a $243,000 annual salary.
“Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner,” Mamdani said. “I will turn to Stanley as we work to build a city where justice is at the heart of our corrections system.”
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