August 19, 2022
Download Emergency Executive Order 176
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor within the Nunez use-of-force class motion acknowledged steps should be taken instantly to deal with the circumstances within the New York City jails; and
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court docket in Nunez accepted the Nunez Action Plan, which “represents a way to move forward with concrete measures now to address the ongoing crisis at Rikers Island”; and
WHEREAS, whereas there was enchancment in extreme employees absenteeism, the Department of Correction’s (DOC’s) staffing ranges proceed to contribute to an increase in unrest and dysfunction and create a severe danger to the mandatory upkeep and supply of sanitary circumstances; entry to fundamental companies together with showers, meals, visitation, spiritual companies, commissary, and recreation; and immediate processing at consumption; and
WHEREAS, this Order is given to prioritize compliance with the Nunez Action Plan and to deal with the consequences of DOC’s staffing ranges, the circumstances at DOC amenities, and well being operations; and
WHEREAS, further causes for requiring the measures continued on this Order are set forth in Emergency Executive Order No. 140; and
WHEREAS, the state of emergency present inside DOC amenities, first declared in Emergency Executive Order No. 241, dated September 15, 2021, and prolonged most just lately by Emergency Executive Order No. 152, dated July 25, 2022, stays in impact;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the legal guidelines of the State of New York and the City of New York, together with however not restricted to the New York Executive Law, the New York City Charter and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, and the widespread regulation authority to guard the general public within the occasion of an emergency:
Section 1. I hereby direct that part 1 of Emergency Executive Order No. 171, dated August 14, 2022, is prolonged for 5 (5) days.
§ 2. This Emergency Executive Order shall take impact instantly and shall stay in impact for 5 (5) days until it’s terminated or modified at an earlier date.
Eric Adams
Mayor