Commissioner Louis Molina on Monday asked Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Investigation Sarena Townsend to immediately step down. Townsend was lauded by a federal monitor overseeing the department, but unions wanted her gone.
Judge April Newbauer slammed Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who she claimed utterly failed to prevent the crisis at Rikers that violated an inmate s rights.
Judge April Newbauer wrote in her scathing Dec. 22 decision that Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Mayor de Blasio “utterly failed” to prevent the crisis at Rikers Island despite clear warning signs.