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  January 31, 2026 Queens Daily Eagle

  Mamdani appoints Stanley Richards as next correction commissioner

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday appointed Stanley Richards, the former head of The Fortune Society, to serve as the city’s next commissioner of the Department of Correction.

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  January 31, 2026 NY PIX 11

  Formerly incarcerated individual appointed head of NYC Department of Correction

  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Stanelly Richards as the first formerly incarcerated individual to lead the Department of Correction on Saturday. 

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  January 31, 2026 ABC

  Mayor Mamdani announces new members of administration on Saturday

  Stanley Richards has been chosen to lead New York City's Department of Correction.

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  January 31, 2026 CBS News

  NYC Mayor Mamdani announces new crop of commissioners

  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday announced a new crop of commissioners who will be at the helm of some of the city's most vital departments.

  One of the appointments is making city history.

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  January 31, 2026 Gothamist

  Mamdani names jails reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning to a prominent criminal justice reformer to stabilize New York City’s jail system and help kick-start a stalled plan to close the detention centers on Rikers Island — all under the eye of a court-appointed manager.

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  January 19, 2026 VNY La Voce di New York

  Mamdani Advances “Just Home” Supportive Housing Project Opposed by Adams

  The project will convert a building on the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx into 83 units meant for ex-inmates with serious health conditions

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