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Council Member Sandy Nurse inquires about the Independent Rikers Commission's composition and approach
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Council Member Sandy Nurse asks for more information about the Independent Rikers Commission, including its members, their expertise, and the approach used in their work. Jonathan Lippman provides a brief overview of the commission's diverse membership.
- Commission includes members from various fields: business, courts, corrections, formerly incarcerated individuals, and mental health experts
- Lippman emphasizes the comprehensive representation of different aspects related to Rikers
- Introduces the idea of a data-driven and scientifically sound approach
Sandy Nurse
0:17:16
I wanted to give you an opportunity to kind of tell us more about who is on this commission, the expertise they bring, if you want to highlight any of the work that you did to pull this together.
0:17:30
You mentioned it was data driven, sound science, any of those things you'd want to highlight so that we have a kind of floor that we're walking on today.
Jonathan Lippman
0:17:37
Good.
0:17:38
I I just opened, and I'll ask Zach to really run you through some of the members, if not all of them.
0:17:45
It's a 40% commission hearing maybe over
Sandy Nurse
0:17:48
Fair enough.
Jonathan Lippman
0:17:49
Name everybody.
0:17:50
But it runs the gamut.
0:17:52
From business to court people to corrections people to formally incarcerated individuals to people in mental health.
0:18:06
Every conceivable aspect of Reich is represented on the commission.
0:18:12
Zach, do you want to give a broader view of the members?