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Mayor Eric Adams announces the appointment of Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as the 38th commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). City Hall. Friday, December 8, 2023. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. 
In a letter sent by Rikers Federal Monitor Steve Martin to Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, the court-appointed expert — who must be consulted on matters that involve compliance with safety standards — convincingly lays out the case against the City Council’s well-meaning bill banning solitary confinement.
