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Melanie Dominguez Opening Remarks, Jail+Prison Oversight Rally
On a freezing Tuesday morning, December 9, 2025, Katal and our allies rallied outside the New York City midtown office of Governor Kathy Hochul, calling on the governor to immediately sign the prison…
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An update on our organizing: Calling on Gov. Hochul to sign the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill into law
New York’s jails and prisons are in crisis. The brutal killings of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi at Marcy and Mid-State prisons underscore the violence and abuse incarcerated people face in New Y…
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Rikers Island and Mental Health: Pathways Toward Community-Based Diversion and Jail Population Reduction
As New York City works toward its mandate to close Rikers Island, addressing the mental health needs of people detained in the jail system remains a central challenge—and a defining opportunity for…
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Katal Ending Operations in Connecticut
After nearly 10 years, Katal is ending our operations in Connecticut. Such decisions are rarely easy and are almost always complicated. That’s true for us too. In this instance, our decision ultimat…
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OP-ED: With Rikers Island, Eric Adams has made a bad situation worse
Amsterdam News
By gabriel sayegh in Amsterdam News May 29, 2025 The New York Daily News recently ran an exclusive story with the headline “NYC Mayor Adamsexploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Islan…
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Testimony at Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing
Thank you, Chair Sandy Nurse, for holding today’s Committee on Criminal Justice. My name is Yonah Zeitz and I am the New York Advocacy Director at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice…
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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 count…
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Big New From Katal’s Co-Presidents
By Lorenzo Jones & gabriel sayegh As Katal approaches its 10th anniversary, we are writing to share exciting news with you. We founded Katal in the summer of 2015 and publicly launched in February…
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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 laws…
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Katal’s Annual Stewardship Letter: 2024 in Review – and Gearing Up for the New Year
By Lorenzo Jones and gabriel sayegh In reflecting over this past year and looking toward the next, we keep coming back to this quote from the civil rights and labor organizer Grace Lee Boggs: “What…
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Sustaining Donor Drive: Email Fun
Below is a fundraising email we sent out as a part of our Sustaining Donor Drive: Subject: [Silly photos and emojis inside] Dear Friend, As we approach the end of the year, we are reflecting on all of…
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25 WTO Protest Facts @ 25
For a downloadable version of this article, in PDF form, click here. 25 @ 2525 Fun or Otherwise Lesser-Known Facts to Mark the 25th Anniversary of the WTO Protests in Seattle By gabriel sayeghDecember…
