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Final State Budget Starts Reform of the Jail & Prison Watchdog Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Final State Budget Starts Refor…
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With Rikers Island, Eric Adams Has Made a Bad Situation Worse
With Rikers Island, Eric Adams Has Made a Bad Situation Worse by gabriel sayegh May 6, 2025 Last week, the New York Daily News ran an exclusive story with the […]
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Psych facility weighed over planned Manhattan jail as Adams rethinks ‘Close Rikers’ Plan
By Chris Sommerfeldt at Daily News May 6, 2025 Mayor Adams’ office said Tuesday that his team has looked into the possibility of building amental health facility instead of a […]
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Katal Responds to NY Daily News Article on “NYC Mayor Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 5, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center Responds…
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Katal Center Responds to the NY Daily News Story about the Adams Administration Exploring Alternative Options for the Sites of the Borough-Based Jails
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 5, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center…
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As the Death Toll Soars and the Jail Population Increases at Rikers, Mayor Eric Adams is Skirting City Law by Completely Abandoning the Closure Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 2, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on BlueSky @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY As the Death…
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Beyond the Bubble: Wesleyan Institute for Policy Bridges Campus and Community
By Lula Konner at the Wesleyan Argus May 2, 2025 During his first year at Wesleyan, Odin Marin ’27 noticed a lack of campus engagement with theMiddletown community and its […]
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Katal New York Update — May 1, 2025
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…
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Katal New York Update — April 17, 2025
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…
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Testimony at Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing
Thank you, Chair Sandy Nurse, for holding today’s Committee on Criminal Justice. My name is Yonah Zeitz and I am the New York Advocacy Director at the Katal Center for Equity, […]
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Rally Against Mayor Adams’ ICE Office at Rikers
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 10, 2025 Press Contact: Reed Dunlea, rdunlea@nyic.org, 929-923-8863 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org, 347-201-2768 *Press Release* Advocates, Elected Offici…
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Adams’s Re-Opens ICE Office at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers Community Organizations and Advocates R…
