As a sweeping measure to restrict the use of solitary confinement fell short of enactment Thursday night, the Cuomo administration and lawmakers reached an understanding to allow some of those reforms to be implemented by the executive branch.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, along with leaders from both houses of the Legislature, confirmed in a joint statement that a bill to restrict the use of solitary confinement and limit who’s eligible for the punishment would not get a vote on the floor of either chamber.

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