Final State Budget Starts Reform of the Jail & Prison Watchdog Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Final State Budget Starts Reform of the Jail & Prison Watchdog Agency Community Groups & Advocates Urge Legislative Leaders to Act Swiftly on Additional Reforms to Overhaul the SCOC (S.856/A.2315) Albany, NY: Both houses of […]
Katal Responds to NY Daily News Article on “NYC Mayor Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 5, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center Responds to the NY Daily News Story about the Adams Administration is Exploring Alternative Options for the Sites of the Borough-Based Jails New York, NY: On Friday, the NY Daily […]
Testimony at Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing
Thank you, Chair Sandy Nurse, for holding today’s Committee on Criminal Justice. My name is Yonah Zeitz and I am the New York Advocacy Director at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. We’re a Brooklyn-based organization with members from across the city and state, including people who have been incarcerated, family members of currently […]
Rally Against Mayor Adams’ ICE Office at Rikers
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 10, 2025 Press Contact: Reed Dunlea, rdunlea@nyic.org, 929-923-8863 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org, 347-201-2768 *Press Release* Advocates, Elected Officials Rally Against Mayor Adams’ ICE Office at Rikers Live stream available here Photos and videos available here New York—Today, the ICE Out! NYC Coalition, Shut Rikers Campaign, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Make […]
Adams’s Re-Opens ICE Office at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers Community Organizations and Advocates Reject Pretextual Executive Order Bringing ICE Officers Back to Rikers Island New York, NY: Last night, news broke that Deputy Mayor Mastro made good on Mayor Adams’s February promise to return […]
Another Death at Rikers, the 5th Death in the Last Six Weeks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 5th Death in the Last Six Weeks As Deaths Mount in NYC Jails and State Prison Descend Further into Crisis and Disarray, New York’s Correctional Facilities Hit a Tipping Point […]
RELEASE: SCOC Press Conference in Albany
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Community, Advocacy & Faith Groups Gather with Elected Officials in Albany to Demand an Increase in Oversight of Prisons and Jails in New York With Correctional Facilities Across the State in Crisis, the NY […]
ADVISORY: Tuesday, 3/25 – Press Conference in Albany to Increase Oversight of Prisons and Jails in New York
**MEDIA ADVISORY** March 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Tuesday, 3/25: Press Conference in Albany to Increase Oversight of Prisons and Jails in New York From Marcy to Rikers, Correctional Facilities Across the State Are in Crisis, with Death Tolls on the Rise Community & Faith Groups […]
Another Death at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 20, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die this Week and the First Woman to Pass Away this Year As the Crisis on Rikers Worsens and the Death Toll Rises, Adams Doubles Down on […]
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 […]
