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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 Me…
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Katal New York Update — January 30, 2025
In this issue: -Organizing to Address Deadly Conditions in Jails and Prisons Across NY -Receivership and Organizing to Shut Rikers -Quotes of the Week
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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 Correct…
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State prison oversight group: Marcy fatality review ‘could take years’
Author: Kate Lisa with Spectrum News 1/29/2025 It could take years for the state Commission on Correction to complete a mortality review of an incarcerated man who was beaten to […]
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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 Re…
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City nominates itself to take over Rikers
Author: By Jacob Kaye with Queens Daily Eagle. 1/24/2025 City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner […]
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Katal New York Update — January 16, 2026
In this issue: -Justice for Robert Brooks at the State of the City -The State Commission of Correction is Failing -Shut Down Rikers Protest at Mayor State of the City -Quotes of the Week
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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 Co…
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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 Ma…
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The SCOC Is Failing To Keep Incarcerated People From Harlem To The Hudson Safe
Author: N/A 1/9/2025 As the 2025 legislative session kicks off, conditions in jails and prisons across the state are deadly and dangerous for incarcerated people and those who work there. […]
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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 Fram…
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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…
