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, […]
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 […]
RELEASE — Growing Power 24′
**PRESS RELEASE** February 24, 2024 Contact: Diana Martinez – 860-580-9402 – diana@katalcenter.org Follow online: #CutShutInvestCT | IG: CultivatingJustice Today’s Growing Power Conference Brought Together an Unusual Mix of Participants, Including BILPOC Farmers, Business Owners, People Impacted by Mass Criminalization, Low-Income Families, Students, & ScholarsHundreds of People Across Connecticut & Northeast Joined Workshops on Farming, Community […]
MEDIA ADVISORY — Saturday 2/24: Growing Power 24′ Conference
**MEDIA ADVISORY** February 21, 2024 Contact: Diana Martinez – 860-580-9402 – diana@katalcenter.org Follow online: #CutShutInvestCT | IG: CultivatingJustice Saturday 2/24: Conference to Bring Together Unusual Mix of Participants, Including BILPOC Farmers, Business Owners, People Impacted by Mass Criminalization, Low-Income Families, Students, & ScholarsGrowing Power ‘24 Expects Hundreds from Across Connecticut & Northeast for Workshops on […]
Katal Applauds the New York City Council for Overriding Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Katal Applauds the New York City Council for Overriding Mayor to Pass the How Many Stop Act and Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails Major Win for NYC Communities Impacted by Rikers & Biased Policing Statement […]
Katal Joins Community Organizations to Demand City Council Override Mayor Adams’s Vetoes of the How Many Stop Act and Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails
**PRESS RELEASE** January 30, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Katal Joins Community Organizations to Demand City Council Override Mayor Adams’s Vetoes of the How Many Stop Act and Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails People Impacted by Rikers & Biased Policing Rally at City Hall […]