A federal judge will allow the city to continue in its attempts to reform Rikers Island, concluding that putting the troubled jail in receivership would be premature.
Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina admitted to the judge during a hearing in federal court Thursday that there are problems, but assured the judge that the administration is committed to solving problems that a receiver cannot.She denied the Legal Aid Society request for receivership, agreeing that allowing the city to continue to make changes is the best course, while continuing to hold the city accountable.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams was opposed to such a takeover and said the city was capable of fixing the longstanding problems at Rikers. But community activists, including those formerly incarcerated at Rikers and those with loved ones in still the prison, wanted to strip New York City of control of the facility.
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