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NYC Mayor Mamdani Names Dana Kaplan City's Close Rikers Czar, In Latest Step Toward Shutting Down Rikers Island
April 28, 2026
NEW YORK, April 28 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news:

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Mayor Mamdani Names Dana Kaplan City's Close Rikers Czar, In Latest Step Toward Shutting Down Rikers Island

* Czar will oversee next steps in closing Rikers Island, including reducing the jail population

* Kaplan previously served as senior advisor to the Independent Rikers Commission

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today anno . . .

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