A federal judge chose an ex-CIA officer and Vermont corrections commissioner to lead operations at the troubled Rikers Island ...

The judge named Nicholas Deml to oversee the city jail, a change that will test Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ability to work with ...

A onetime CIA officer and former Vermont corrections commissioner, Deml was selected by Judge Laura Taylor Swain to implement sweeping jail reforms.

Deml will be in charge of decision-making for the troubled jail complex and will report directly to a federal judge.

Nick Deml, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections, will lead the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Federal district judge Laura Taylor Swain picked Deml for the role ...