New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration announced the closure of a Rikers Island facility Monday. City and jail officials said the North Infirmary Command was permanently shut down.
The Department of Corrections transferred the facility to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, along with large portions of two other centers. None of them currently housed people in custody, according to a news release.
“This milestone brings us closer to ending that chapter,” Mamdani said. “We are replacing a system built around neglect with one centered on rehabilitation and accountability because public safety and human dignity are not competing values.”
Therapeutic housing unit allows closure of facility
The now-shuttered North Infirmary Command most recently housed people with acute medical needs who required hospital-level care…