Support for Federal Receivership at Rikers Grows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 4, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Support for Federal Receivership at Rikers Grows as Attorney General Letitia James, the New York City Bar Association, and the NYCLU File Amicus Briefs  AG James and Others Join 50+ Community and Advocacy Groups, Former Correction […]

Rejecting the Mayor’s Proposed Budget Cuts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 17, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY In the Midst of a Corruption Investigation, Mayor Eric Adams Proposes 5% Budget Cuts Across All City Agencies Instead of Cutting Essential Services, Scapegoating Asylum Seekers, and Sending More New Yorkers to the Deadly Rikers […]

ADVISORY – Wednesday in New Britain: Family Members of Katherine Colon Gather with Community Groups to Demand Information and Transparency Related to Death of Katherine Colon

**MEDIA ADVISORY** October 24, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #JusticeforKatherine | www.katalcenter.org  Wednesday in New Britain: Family Members of Katherine Colon Gather with Community Groups to Demand Information and Transparency Related to Death of Katherine Colon Colon was Killed Last Month by a New Britain Police Officer  Hartford, CT – […]

Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 5, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex Since Mayor Adams Took Office, At Least 28 People Have Died in NYC Jails Death Comes As Federal Courts Consider a Receiver to Take […]

International Overdose Awareness Day March, Vigil, and Rally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 31, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter •  #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY 18 New Yorkers Die Every Day from Preventable Overdoses Statewide This Year Alone, Multiple Deaths At Rikers Island Were Due to Overdoses, People Need Support and Treatment Not Criminalization and Incarceration  To Save Lives, […]

Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter •  #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex Since Mayor Adams Took Office, At Least 27 People Have Died in NYC Jails Death Comes Less Than Two Weeks after U.S. District Court […]

Yet Another Human Being Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, July 23, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet Another Human Being Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex Since Mayor Adams Took Office, At Least 26 People Have Died in NYC Jails Death Comes Less Than a Week after the U.S. […]

Yet Another Person Dies at Rikers – the 3rd Death in July and the 25th Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, July 16, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet Another Person Dies at Rikers – the 3rd Death in July and the 25th Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams  Death Comes After New Federal Monitor’s Report Calls for Adams Administration to be […]

Another Person Dies in DOC Custody – the 2nd Death This Week and the 24th Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 7, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Person Dies in DOC Custody – the 2nd Death This Week and the 24th Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams  Recent Death Comes Days After New Monitor’s Report Finds Conditions in City Jails […]