Dialed In: City Hall Set to Supply Free Phones to People Newly Released from Rikers

By; Reuven Blau via The City Rikers Island detainees fresh out of lockup — including some with serious mental illnesses — will soon receive free smartphones to better connect them with health care and other community services, THE CITY has learned. The plan to distribute phones comes after a 2003 court settlement in which a federal judge […]

Katal New York Update- July 13, 2023

In this issue:

-Death Toll on Rikers Rises to 24 Under Mayor Adams
-New Scathing Federal Monitor —-Report and Upcoming Close Rikers Phone Zap
-#EndOverdoseNY Rally at Governor’s NYC Office
-3rd Annual Suitcase Sunday
-Quotes of the Week