Katal Responds to New Lippman Commission Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY New Lippman Commission Report Fails to Hold Mayor Eric Adams Accountable for Abandoning the Plan to Shut Rikers and for Driving up the Jail Population 17 Months After its Re-Appointment, the Lippman Commission Issues […]
‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission releases new blueprint for island jail’s closure
By Jada Camille at amNYMarch 19th, 2025 The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a critical blueprint for reform and closure of the infamous jail complex that has long been characterized by unsafe conditions, high operational costs, violence, and systemic dysfunction. The comprehensive report, […]
City cannot shut Rikers by 2027, landmark report finds
By Jacob Kaye at Queens Daily EagleMarch 19th, 2025 In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 deadline to shutter the deadly jail complex has become impossible for the city to meet. While the legally-mandated August 2027 deadline for Rikers’ closure […]
