New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Oct. 19 that he has appointed four new members to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). Chair Jennifer Jones Austin and current member June Northern will remain, while the new appointees will fill the seats of departing members.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Oct. 19 that he is appointing four new members to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the city's independent police oversight agency. The new members are Reginald Green, Lisa Hoyes, Lisa Landau and Wesner Pierre. Current members whose terms have ended are stepping down, while Chair Jennifer Jones Austin and member June Northern will remain.
Green is an arbitrator at the dispute resolution organization JAMS and previously served as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and as deputy director of legislative and policy affairs. Hoyes is assistant dean for public service at NYU School of Law and previously worked as a public interest lawyer at Federal Defenders of New York and the Bronx Defenders.
Landau is director of the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School. She previously served as general counsel at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and as chief of the Health Care Bureau at the New York State Attorney General's Office. Pierre is CEO of Partnership with Children, a 118-year-old nonprofit focused on youth mental health. He led CAMBA's violence prevention program in Brownsville and grew up in South Jamaica, Queens.
"There can be no public safety without accountability," Mamdani said. Chair Jones Austin said she welcomed the new appointments, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said he would work with the board to strengthen its oversight function. The mayor's announcement did not state the total number of board members or list the departing members.
The appointments follow the mayor's Oct. 12 order for a comprehensive review of the NYPD's use-of-force policy. The mayor's office described the CCRB as an independent agency that reviews complaints of police misconduct.