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  February 12, 2026 New York Amsterdam News

  Will Mamdani’s new Correction Department head turn around Rikers Island?

  Stanley Richards came recommended by others to lead the city’s Department of Corrections (DOC). He was once incarcerated himself.

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  February 09, 2026 Queens Daily Eagle

  Rikers ‘watershed moment’

  New DOC commissioner on reform, safety, and the future of city's jails

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  February 06, 2026 Polis Project

  “To the Incarcerated People: Your Story Isn’t Over”: Stanley Richards on Transforming New York’s Jails

  On January 31, Mayor Mamdani announced the appointment of Stanley Richards as commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction.

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  February 03, 2026 The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society Appoints Rob DeLeon as Interim President and CEO

  The Fortune Society’s Board of Directors today announced that Deputy CEO Rob DeLeon has been appointed Interim President and CEO, as current leader Stanley Richards steps into a new role as New York City’s next Commissioner of the Department of Correction on February 16. 

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  February 01, 2026 Spectrum NY1

  Stanley Richards Discusses the Just Home Initiative

  The Fortune Society's President and CEO Stanley Richards sat down with Cheryl Wills of NY1 on In Focus to discuss the importance of the Just Home initiative, which will house formerly incarcerated people with serious medical conditions on the campus of Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

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