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Nicholas Deml, who also ran the Vermont Department of Corrections, will be in charge of the city jail. Mayor Zohran Mamdani will now face the challenge of working with him to turn Rikers around.
Nechemya Weberman’s sentence for child sexual abuse was reduced to 18 years, making him eligible for release within five years. He admitted his guilt for the first time on Tuesday.
The death toll from the storm has risen to 10. As it emerged that some of the dead had prior contact with social service workers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to do more to get people into shelters.
By law, the government was required to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein in December. Now the attorney general said they will be out “in the near term.”
The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.
The weather underscored how vulnerable people are when they do not have a safe place to shelter. At least eight people have died, including several who had a history with the city’s shelter system.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani made use of his strong communication skills, and the Sanitation Department said every road was plowed at least twice by Sunday evening.
A friendly encounter on a slow train, Penn Station problems and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
With as much as a foot of snow expected to fall across the city, schools will be closed on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.