NYC Mayor Adams Issues Executive Order on 30-Day Extension of Rikers Island State of Emergency to Address Staffing and Facility Crisis
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the executive order on Oct. 20, 2025:
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Emergency Executive Order 873
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor in the Nunez use-of-force class action stated steps must be taken immediately to address the conditions in the New York City jails; and
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court in Nunez approved the Nunez Action Plan, which "represents a way to move forwa . . .
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Emergency Executive Order 873
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor in the Nunez use-of-force class action stated steps must be taken immediately to address the conditions in the New York City jails; and
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court in Nunez approved the Nunez Action Plan, which "represents a way to move forwa . . .