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City Limits:Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers
By JeanMarie Evelly via City Limits Beginning Monday, the city and state started transferring more than 200 women and transgender people being held at Rikers Island to state-run prison facilities…
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statement from leadership of the #lessismoreny coalition on sen. tedisco’s shameful and dishonest op-ed
**MEDIA ADVISORY** October 18, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Statement from Leadership of t…
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LEADERSHIP OF #LESSISMORENY COALITION RESPONDS TO LIES BY SENATE REPUBLICAN
**MEDIA ADVISORY** October 18, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Statement from Leadership of t…
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connecticut update – october 14, 2021
In this issue… Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Presentation on Advocacy at UCONN Building Leadership and Organizing Capacity (BLOC) Roundtable Quotes of the Week Last Week’s…
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op-ed: transforming parole through racial justice and decarceration
By Imani Webb-Smith, Senior Policy Manager at Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice Until very recently, to be on parole supervision in New York State was to be subject […]
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new york update – october 7, 2021
In this issue… Defending #LessIsMoreNY Demanding DA’s Decarcerate and Stop Requesting Bail NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call #LessIsMoreNY Coalition Rallies at Bridge to Rikers to Conf…
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press release – #lessismoreny coalition, made up of community and faith groups, law enforcement, victims rights orgs, and more — calls out union lies
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org #LessIsMoreNY Coalition Rallies at Bridge to Rikers Island, Confronts Un…
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Queens Daily Eagle:Queens leaders lean on DA to stop bail amid Rikers crisis
By Rachel Vick via Queens Daily Eagle Days after Queens Defenders issued a letter to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz asking her office to stop requesting bail, lawmakers, advocates and public […
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connecticut update – september 30, 2021
In this issue… Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call The Inaugural Inspector General in Connecticut Quotes of the Week Join us for the next CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call…
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PRESS RELEASE – REFORM COALITION RESPONDS TO RACIST FEAR MONGERING AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE LESS IS MORE ACT IN MONROE COUNTY
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Reform Coalition Responds to Racist Fear Mongering and Misinformation ab…
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press release – community groups, people and families impacted by mass incarceration, gather at rikers island bridge in support of #lessismoreny & criminal justice reforms
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Community Groups, People and Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration, Ga…
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WRGB Albany:Former inmates/advocates urge state to invest more money into parole transition programs
By Emma Quinn via WRGB Albany ALBANY (WRGB) — By March 2022, over $680 million dollars of New York state tax dollars can be redistributed once the “Less is More” Act takes […]
