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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 @Ka…
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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 Dir…
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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 Ca…
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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 […]
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Katal Connecticut Update — February 6, 2025
In this issue: Recap: January Statewide Call Probation Reform Now Growing Power 2025 Quotes of the Week
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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 Sen…
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This is not normal. It’s time for action.
Dear Friend, What’s happening right now in Washington, DC is not normal. Two weeks into the new Trump Administration, and the country faces a serious constitutional crisis. Trump is violating [&hell…
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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…
