33rd Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY The Crisis at Rikers Worsens as Another Person Dies in DOC Custody –the Fifth Person This Year and the 33rd Since Mayor Eric Adams Took Office With Abuse, Violence, and Dysfunction out of Control at […]
Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency Continues to Hinder A Black-Owned Farm from Operating and Serving the Community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 Contact: Diana Martinez, diana@katalcenter.org | 860-580-9402 Follow on Instagram @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestCT Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency Continues to Hinder A Black-Owned Farm from Operating and Serving the Community Middletown, CT—Last Thursday, August 14, at the Middletown Inland Wetlands Watercourses Agency (IWWA) monthly meeting, the Commissioners kept the […]
Crisis and Mismanagement Worsen at City Jails as Another Person Dies in Custody
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 17, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Under Mayor Adams, Crisis and Mismanagement Worsen at City Jails as Another Person Dies in CustodyWith at Least 32 People Dead and Violence out of Control Under Adams, Calls Grow for a Federal Receiver to […]
Rally to Shut Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** July 9, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Followl Courts to Immediately Appoint an Independent Receiver to Take Over at Rikers and Save Lives online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rally, Calling for Federal Courts to Immediately Appoint an Independent Receiver to Take Over […]
Tuesday, July 9: Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers
**MEDIA ADVISORY** July 2, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Tuesday, July 9: With Excessive Levels of Violence and Dysfunction in City Jails, Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers Island Jail ComplexCommunity Groups, Elected Officials, and People Impacted by […]
Jeffrion Aubry: A Champion for Justice in New York
Jeffrion Aubry: A Champion for Justice in New York After more than 30 years as a state legislator, the assemblyman is retiring – and leaving a remarkable legacy. by gabriel sayegh Note: A shorter version of this essay was published in the Queens Daily Eagle on July 2, 2024. When a young Black man in […]
Organizing, Food, and Justice
by Lorenzo Jones 6.20.2024 I feel like there is this throwback, distinct trajectory for community organizing that requires us to revamp our development of organizers, like having to develop organizers differently for drug policy reform, sentencing, housing and other problems. I don’t think our organizers in the country understand how to make changes to the U.S Department […]
With Jails from Buffalo to New York City in Crisis, Bill to Strengthen Jail Oversight Falters in Albany
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY With Jails from Buffalo to New York City in Crisis, Bill to Strengthen Jail Oversight Falters in Albany Community Groups & Advocates Vow to Keep Up Fight to Expand and Enhance the State Commission of […]
Bill to Increase Jail Oversight Falls Short in the Assembly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, June 8, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Bill to Increase Jail Oversight Through Expanding the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Falls Short in the Assembly in the Final Hours of Session Albany, NY: Today, the New York State Assembly wrapped up the […]
New York State Senate Passes (S5877A) on Final Day of Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY New York State Senate Passes Bill to Expand and Strengthen the State Commission of Correction (S5877A) on Final Day of Session Community Groups and Directly Impacted New Yorkers Applaud the State Senate, Call on Assembly […]
