
Accomplishments
Department of Correction
City of New York (Rikers Island)
- Averaged 133,000 annual admissions, with a daily population of 20 – 22,000 inmates
- Managed $900 Million Annual Budget From 1995 – 2000
- 93% Reduction in Inmate Violence (Slashing and Stabbings)
- 72% Reduction in Serious Use of Force Incidents
- 33% Reduction in Overtime Spending
- 31% Reduction in Staff Sick Abuse
- 48% Reduction in Assaults of Staff
- 164% Increase in Searches Conducted
- 50% Increase in Weapons Seized
- Reduced medical waiting times, from up to six hours, down to one hour.
- Reduced attorney/client waiting times, from up to four hours, to under 45 minutes.
- Established TEAMS, a performance measurement and accountability system, a finalist in Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government awards program
- Eliminated through compliance, close to 100 federal court ordered consent decrees
Police Department
City of New York
- Managed a $3.2 Billion Dollar Budget, and a staff of 55,000 (41,000) uniformed personnel
- 4.3% Reduction in Murder (66.7% In Mayor Giuliani’s 8 Year Term)
- 12.2% Reduction in Major Felony Crimes (62.5% In Mayor Giuliani’s 8 Year Term)
- 74% Reduction in Felony Shootings
- 16% Reduction in Response Times (First Decrease in 10 Years)
- 11% Increase in Gun Seizures
- 13% Reduction in Officer Shootings
- Re-Organized the Gang Division
- Revised a Stop and Frisk Policy to Flag Civil Rights Abuses
- Re-Organized the Criminal Intelligence Division, to merge NYPD and all federal intelligence databases
- Commanded the NYPD response, rescue, and investigative operations during and in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11
- Enhanced Community Relations and Officer Morale

