Office of Criminal Justice

Develops and funds programs that reduce incarceration, support reentry for people leaving jail, and improve public safety through alternatives to traditional prosecution and detention. It coordinates criminal justice policy across city agencies rather than running jails or courts directly. Most of its $786M budget flows to community-based programs that determine whether your neighbor who got arrested gets help or just cycles through Rikers. It's the agency behind the plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with smaller borough-based jails.