Community Group Heads to Albany Today to Demand Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY With Jails and Prisons Across New York in Dire Crisis, Community Group Heads to Albany Today to Demand Action Legislation S856 (Salazar)/ A2315 (Gallagher) Would Expand & Diversify Membership of the State Commission of Correction […]
Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 24, 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 in a Week Under Mayor Eric Adams, at least 35 People Have Died in NYC Jails New York, NY: This evening, news broke that yet another […]
As Mayor Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Another Person Dies at Rikers – 34th Since Eric Adams Took Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY As Mayor Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Another Person Dies at Rikers – 34th Since Eric Adams Took Office Community Organizations and Directly Impacted People Rally Today to Demand Governor Hochul Remove Adams […]
Statement Rejecting Bringing ICE Officers Back to Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 13, 2025 Contact: Yatziri Tovar, yatziri.tovar@maketheroadny.org (917) 771-2818 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter @MakeTheRoadNY | #ShutRikers Groups Working to Shut Rikers Join with ICE Out of NYC Coalition to Reject Plans to Bring ICE Officers Back to Rikers Island Jail Complex New York, NY: Today, […]
After Years of Advocacy by Directly Impacted People, City Council Submits Letter to Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY After Years of Advocacy by Directly Impacted People, City Council Submits Letter to Court Urging That Any Receiver at Rikers Be Independent and Follow Law to Close Rikers Community Groups Applaud the Letter and […]
Trump Admin’s Move to Drop Adams Case is an Attack on Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Trump Admin’s Move to Drop Adams Case is an Attack on Justice Eric Adams Selling Out Immigrants to Curry Favor with Trump is an Attack on All New Yorkers Response by the Katal Center Members and […]
Katal Responds to City Council Court Filing on Receivership at Rikers
Yonah Zeitz, NY advocacy director of the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice: “Katal and our partners have been fighting for over two years to get the City Council to weigh in on federal receivership at Rikers. The Council’s letter to the court indicates that our sustained organizing has worked. The Council asks that […]
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 […]
