Mayor taps Jennifer Jones Austin as CCRB chair

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Mayor taps Jennifer Jones Austin as CCRB chair

The mayor on Friday appointed a prominent criminal justice expert to lead the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the NYPD’s oversight body, marking the first time in over six years that the watchdog group has had a permanent chairperson.

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City expands commission to close Rikers: Lippman Commission grows as mayor’s position on jail’s closure shifts

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City expands commission to close Rikers: Lippman Commission grows as mayor’s position on jail’s closure shifts

Over three dozen people have officially been appointed to serve on the second iteration of the Independent Rikers Commission, the group that has again been tasked with mapping a plan to shutter Rikers Island’s jail complex.

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