jjie: nonprofits push parole reform and housing for parolees

By Anna Deen | via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Since being released from New York City’s Rikers Island jail — where he’d been sentenced to four months for not being where his parole officer expected him to be on a certain day and time — Dakem Roberts has been living in a Brooklyn homeless shelter.  It […]

new york update – july 15, 2021

A group of people, some holding signs with the words less is more and Use less, save more, in front of a building.

In this issue… #LessIsMoreNY Rally at Gov. Cuomo’s NYC Office #LessIsMoreNY Campaign Update Call #LessIsMoreNY Phone Zap #LessIsMoreNY Rally at Gov. Cuomo’s Office The Less Is More Act passed the New York Senate and Assembly in June and now we are calling on Governor Cuomo to sign the bill. Once signed into law, the bill will transform […]