The city’s District Attorneys have expressed serious misgivings about Mayor de Blasio’s prisoner-release efforts, saying that some inmates who have been turned loose pose risks to public safety.
In a letter addressed to the Mayor and Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann, the five DAs and the city’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor said that while they support the large-scale releases to limit the spread of the coronavirus within Rikers Island and other jails, officials must exercise more prudence.
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