Release: Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept. of Correction in Contempt As Receivership Looms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept. of Correction in Contempt As Receivership Looms Ahead of Yesterday’s Hearing, Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rallied To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers Statement […]
Release: Katal Center responds to Op-Ed by Mayor Adams and Judge Jonathan Lippman about Closing Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center responds to Op-Ed by Mayor Adams and Judge Jonathan Lippman about Closing Rikers New York, NY: This morning, Mayor Eric Adams and Judge Lippman published an op-ed about closing Rikers Island. The op-ed […]
NYC Activists Rally as Rikers Receivership Decision Delayed
By: Alexander Lekhtman via Filter Magzine On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction in contempt of court, as Gothamist reported, for failing to inform a federal monitor that it had placed detainees accused of arson in a specialized unit with no sprinklers in cells. “The blatant failure to communicate here […]
