NYC Comptroller calls for a federal receiver to be appointed at Rikers

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander called for a federal receiver to be appointed at the Rikers Island jail complex in order to establish some operational and management reforms to improve conditions for inmates.

Lander spoke at a virtual forum on Oct. 13 where he highlighted the impacts that chronic employee absenteeism, high death toll and rising violence had on both incarcerated individuals and jail staff.