Katal Joins Community Groups In Protest of Mayor Adams’s State of the City Address
**PRESS RELEASE** Thursday, January 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Katal Joins Community Groups In Protest of Mayor Adams’s State of the City Address Demands Include Shutting Down Rikers and Making Deep Investments in True Public Safety: Housing, Health Care, Education, and Jobs New York, […]
The State Commission of Correction is Failing to Keep Incarcerated People Safe
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers With Jails and Prisons from Rikers to Marcy in Deadly and Dangerous Conditions, the State Commission of Correction is Failing to Keep Incarcerated People Safe Community Groups Vow to Keep Up Fight to Ensure the Commission […]
In Interview Framing His Bid for Re-Election, Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Rikers to Remain Open
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY In Interview Framing His Bid for Re-Election, Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Rikers to Remain Open and Commits to Sending More Low-Income New Yorkers to be Jailed There Statement from Katal Center […]
Savage Killing of Robert Brooks by Correctional Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility Sparks Outrage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 30, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter Savage Killing of Robert Brooks by Correctional Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility Sparks Outrage Statement from Katal Center New York, NY: On December 9th, correction officers brutally and violently beat Robert Brooks, 43, at Marcy Correctional Facility, and […]
Major Development In Federal Nunez Case: Judge Holds the City in Contempt, is “Inclined to Impose Receivership” at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Major Development In Federal Nunez Case: City held in Contempt, Judge is “Inclined to Impose Receivership” at Rikers New York, NY: Today, in a major development in the Nunez v. N.Y.C. Department […]
Today, 10/31: Katal Testifies at City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing on the Rampant Sexual Abuse at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 31, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Today, 10/31: Katal Testifies at City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing on the Rampant Sexual Abuse at Rikers To Address Widespread Abuses at Rikers, Federal Courts Must Appoint an Independent Receiver New […]
Katal Responds to New Plan by the Office of Court Administration to Expedite Court Processes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 11, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Katal Responds to New Plan by the Office of Court Administration to Expedite Court Processes New York, NY: Yesterday, the Office of Court Administration announced a slate of reforms to speed up court […]
#ShutRikers Phone Zap
Event Date: Wednesday, October 2th from 12:00pm-1:00pm Location: Virtual via Zoom RSVP here to attend! We will be calling city council members to ask them to take action to help end the suffering and violence at Rikers. With at least 33 deaths among people in DOC custody since Adams took office, we urgently need an […]
As Mayor Adams is Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges, Judge on a Separate Case Again Opens Door for Federal Takeover at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 26, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers As Mayor Adams is Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges, Judge on a Separate Case Again Opens Door for Federal Takeover at Rikers Statement by Katal Center: Rikers Must be Shut Down New York, NY: Yesterday, hours […]
RELEASE: Shut Rikers March & Rally
**PRESS RELEASE** September 25, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Hold #ShutRikers Rally To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers Under Mayor Adams, at Least 33 People Have Died in City Jails, and the Administration Faces Possible […]
