Senate Bill 856 (Salazar) Advances through Senate Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Senate Bill 856 (Salazar) Advances through Senate Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction Committee Legislation Would Expand & Diversify Membership of State Commission of Correction to Foster Greater Accountability to its Mandate Albany, NY – Today, the […]
Community Groups Call on the Council to Hold Adams Accountable for Shutting Rikers and Addressing Dangerous Conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 30, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY As Criminal Justice Committee Meets Today, Community Groups Call on the Council to Hold Adams Accountable for Shutting Rikers and Addressing Dangerous ConditionsFederal Court on the Verge of Appointing an Independent Receiver to Take […]
Testimony at Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing
Thank you, Chair Sandy Nurse, for holding today’s Committee on Criminal Justice. My name is Melanie Dominguez and I am the New York Organizing Director at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, based in Brooklyn. Our members are from across the city, and include people who have been incarcerated, family members of currently and […]
At Latest Meeting, SCOC Refuses to Address Killing of Robert Brook By Correctional Officers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers At Latest Meeting, State Commission on Correction, with Oversight Authority over Jails and Prisons, Refuses to Address Killing of Robert Brook By Correctional Officers Community Groups Call for Legislative Change to Make Commission Meet its Mandate […]
Mayor Adams’s Administration Refuses to Outline Structure of Independent Receiver at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X: @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Mayor Adams’s Administration Refuses to Outline Structure of Independent Receiver at Rikers, Proposes More of Same Statement by Katal Center on Today’s Federal Court Filings New York, NY: Today, after four months, the federal […]
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 […]
