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Commission Molina Cites 685 Weapons Seized
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 21 –
Amid the crisis at New
York City's Rikers Island, now
the NYC Commission of
Corrections has been summoned
to a April 26 court
conference, albeit by
video.
On April
21, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Chief Judge Laura Taylor
Swain
ordered:
"The Court has
received and carefully
reviewed the April 19, 2022,
letter from the Office of the
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
(docket entry no. 444) and the
April 20, 2022, status report
from the Monitoring Team.
(Docket entry no. 445.) In
light of the gravity and
urgency of the security
situation as outlined in the
submissions, and the
consequent need for clarity as
to planned changes and the
implementation thereof, the
Court hereby directs the
Commissioner of the New York
City Department of Correction
to attend the April 26, 2022,
status conference in this
action... The Court also
directs the Monitoring Team to
include in the proposed agenda
for the status conference, due
to be filed by April 25, 2022,
at 12:00 p.m. (noon), the
content and status of the
implementation plan referred
to in the April 20, 2022,
status report (including
specific steps the City and
the Department of Correction
plan to take and the relevant
timelines). Signed by Judge
Laura Taylor Swain on
4/21/2022."
Inner City Press
will cover it. On April
25, the City put in a letter
confirming that DOC
Commissioner Louis Molina will
attend. The City says that
between January 1 and April
20, 2022 in the Robert N.
Davoren Complex (RNDC) 12
"tactical search options were
performed, in addition to
rebalancing housing units to
dismantle gang-affiliated
housing, resulting in the
recovery of 685 weapons."
The case is Nunez
v. N.Y.C. Department of
Correction, et al.,
11-cv-05845 (Swain)
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