RELEASE: Community Group Responds to the 3rd Person to Die in Less Than A Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 17, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 3rd Person to Die in Less Than A Month The NY Legislature Must Take Swift Action to Increase Jail Oversight and Shut Down Deadly Correctional Facilities New York, NY: This […]
ADVISORY – Sunday 3/9: Growing Power ‘25 Expects Hundreds from Across Connecticut & Northeast
**MEDIA ADVISORY** March 4, 2025 Contact: Diana Martinez – 860-580-9402 – diana@katalcenter.org Follow online: #CutShutInvestCT | IG: CultivatingJustice Sunday 3/9: Workshop Series to Bring Together Diverse Mix of Participants, Including BILPOC Farmers, Business Owners, People Impacted by Mass Criminalization, Low-Income Families, Students, & ScholarsGrowing Power ‘25 Expects Hundreds from Across Connecticut & Northeast for Workshops […]
Action Makes the Heart Grow Stronger
Letter from Katal’s Co-Presidents No Kings, No Nazis, No Oligarchs: Coming Together to Fight Back Dear Friends, We’re reaching out with some reflections about what’s happening in our country, to lift up how people are fighting back, and share ways we can all get involved. Earlier this month, we wrote that what was unfolding barely […]
Elected Officials and Community Groups Rally at City Hall to Demand Hochul Remove Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 27, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter, @NYChange, @JFREJNYC, @foodandwater, @theblackinstitute As Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Elected Officials and Community Groups Rally at City Hall to Demand “Spineless Kathy” Hochul Remove Adams Immigrant New Yorkers Are Under Attack as Adams Attempts […]
Community Group Heads to Albany Today to Demand Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY With Jails and Prisons Across New York in Dire Crisis, Community Group Heads to Albany Today to Demand Action Legislation S856 (Salazar)/ A2315 (Gallagher) Would Expand & Diversify Membership of the State Commission of Correction […]
Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week Under Mayor Eric Adams, at least 35 People Have Died in NYC Jails New York, NY: This evening, news broke that yet another […]
As Mayor Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Another Person Dies at Rikers – 34th Since Eric Adams Took Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY As Mayor Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Another Person Dies at Rikers – 34th Since Eric Adams Took Office Community Organizations and Directly Impacted People Rally Today to Demand Governor Hochul Remove Adams […]
City Council asks judge to protect their power over Rikers ahead of receivership ruling
Author: Jacob Kaye with Queens Daily Eagle 2/14/25 If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure plans to shutter the dangerous jail complex by 2027 remain in place, attorneys with the City Council said in a court filing this week. […]
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 @KatalCenter @MakeTheRoadNY | #ShutRikers Groups Working to Shut Rikers Join with ICE Out of NYC Coalition to Reject Plans to Bring ICE Officers Back to Rikers Island Jail Complex New York, NY: Today, […]
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 Directly Impacted People, City Council Submits Letter to Court Urging That Any Receiver at Rikers Be Independent and Follow Law to Close Rikers Community Groups Applaud the Letter and […]
