Lynelle Maginley-Liddie will replace Louis Molina as the head of the city’s troubled Correction Department as the threat of a federal Rikers Island takeover looms ever larger.
Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that Maginley-Liddie was promoted internally to department commissioner from first deputy commissioner and chief diversity officer — the most recent positions she has held in her eight year tenure at DOC. Prior to that, she was deputy general counsel and has provided legal advice on the agency’s reform efforts.
