Key Highlights
- Stanley Richards, who did time in the 1980s for robbery, will be the first former inmate to serve as corrections commissioner."Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner," Mamdani said.
- "I will turn to Stanley as we work to build a city where justice is at the heart of our corrections system," the mayor added.
- Richards was convicted of robbery in the late 1980s and served roughly two and a half years on Rikers Island before spending an additional four and a half years in state prison, according to reporting from Gothamist and NY1.
- He was released in 1991.
- MAMDANI APPOINTS CONVICTED ARMED ROBBER TO PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSITION TEAM Stanley Richards speaks during a press conference New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted in Brooklyn on Saturday, Jan.
