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