Mamdani appoints formerly incarcerated and jail reform advocate Stanley Richards to head Department of Correction

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Stanley Richards on Saturday to lead the NYC Department of Correction (DOC). He is the first formally incarcerated person to head the department. 

“I appointed Stanley Richards as Commissioner of Correction,” the mayor said. “Decades after he served time in our city’s jails, Commissioner Richards will now be the first formerly incarcerated person to lead them.”