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Council Member Sandy Nurse outlines focus for Department of Corrections budget hearing
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Council Member Sandy Nurse opens the hearing by thanking the DOC leadership and outlining her focus for the session, which includes the plan to close Rikers Island, the transition to borough-based jails, and how the budget supports criminal justice reform policies. She highlights key points from the FY2026 executive budget for the Department of Corrections.
- Nurse mentions the DOC's total budget of $1.2 billion and 8,805 budgeted positions
- She plans to explore funding for overtime adjustments, virtual visitation platforms, and federal funding for substance abuse programs
- Nurse intends to inquire about DOC's involvement in the updated 2019 Points of Agreement for closing Rikers Island
Sandy Nurse
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Good morning everyone.
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Thank you chair Brannan.
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Thank you to all the DOC leadership who have joined us today.
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Please give our regards to the commissioner.
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I hope she's feeling well.
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Today I plan to focus on how the mayor's executive budget for the Department of Corrections supports the overall plan to close Rikers and transition to the borough bail based jail system, as well as how holistic criminal justice reform policies provide appropriate resources to ensure proper programming is provided and divert people away from the criminal justice system.
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In the fiscal twenty twenty six executive plan, DOC has a total budget of 1,200,000,000.0, which supports 8,805 budgeted positions.
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The plan includes several changes, including funding for overtime adjustments, virtual visitation platforms, and federal funding for opioid and substance abuse programs, among other among other important topics, which I plan to explore today in my line of questions.
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The mayor's office of criminal justice recently released an update to the twenty nineteen points of agreement, which is a list of commitments that must be met in order to be able to properly and safely close Rikers Island.
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I intend to ask about the DOC's involvement and clarify many of the updates that are directly impacted by the policies and actions of the department.
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I wanna thank our committee staff for their hard work, financial analyst Casey Lieske, sorry, council Jeremy Whiteman, legislative policy analyst Natalie Meltzer, and thank you to my chief of staff, Sumori Toure, legislative director Ryan Hickey.
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We've been joined by council member Keith Powers.