Legislation to Expand and Bolster the State Commission of Correction (S5877), Advances through Senate Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 6, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Legislation to Expand and Bolster the State Commission of Correction (S5877), Advances through Senate Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction CommitteeWith at least 31 People Dead in NYC Jails Under Mayor Adams, the State Commission of […]
Katal at 2024 Middlesex High School Career Fair Expo
Katal at 2024 Middlesex High School Career Fair Expo Talking with young people about farming Last month, on Thursday, 4/25, Katal staff and members participated in the 2024 Career Fair Expo for High School Students, held in Middletown. The Career Fair is hosted annually by the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce, Middlesex Consortium of Schools, […]
Mayor Adams Finally Appointments Two New Commissioners to Dormant Local Conditional Release Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 28, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Following Two Years of Rising Jail Population and Increasing Dysfunction at Rikers, Mayor Adams Finally Appointments Two New Commissioners to Dormant Local Conditional Release Commission Statement by the Katal Center New York, NY: Today, the […]
RELEASE: Under Mayor Adams, Crisis Worsens at City Jails as Another Person Dies in Custody
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Under Mayor Adams, Crisis Worsens at City Jails as Another Person Dies in Custody With at least 31 People Dead and Violence on the Rise Under Adams, Calls Grow for Federal Receiver to Intervene Statement […]
Statement from the Katal Center on Today’s City Council Budget Hearing on Mental Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 21, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Statement from the Katal Center on the Joint Budget Hearing Held by the New York City Council Committee on Health and the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction New York, NY: Today, […]
Katal New York Update — March 21, 2024
In this issue:
-Victory! NYC City Council Overrides Mayor To Advance Safety and Accountability
-Protesting Mayor Adams’s State of the City Address
-Two People Die at Rikers in January
Katal in the News
-Quotes of the Week
Statement from the Katal Center on Budget Hearing Held by the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 8, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Statement from the Katal Center on Budget Hearing Held by the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice New York, NY: Today, the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice held […]
Katal Testimony — Committee on Criminal Justice Preliminary Budget Hearing FY 2025
Thank you, Chair Sandy Nurse, for holding this New York City Council Budget and Oversight Hearing on the Preliminary Budget of the Department of Correction for Fiscal Year 2025. My name is Yonah Zeitz, I’m the director of advocacy at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, based in Brooklyn. Our members are from […]
NYC Public Advocate, with Support from the Chair of the Committee on Criminal Justice, Re-Introduces Council Resolution 183
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X/Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers NYC Public Advocate, with Support from the Chair of the Committee on Criminal Justice, Re-Introduces Council Resolution 183, Calling on the Federal Courts to Appoint an Independent Receiver at Rikers Call for Federal Courts to Take […]
Katal New York Update — February 29, 2024
Next Thursday (3/7): Info Session on Rikers and Receivership Join us next Thursday, March 7, 2024, to learn more about what a receiver is and how it could impact efforts to shut Rikers. Register here for the info session! For years, community groups and advocates have worked to reduce the city’s jail population and shut […]
