RELEASE: Community Groups Protest State of City Address
**PRESS RELEASE** January 24, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Community Groups Protest State of City Address, Demand Mayor Cut City Jail Population, Shut Down Rikers, and Invest in Housing, Health Care, Education, Jobs People Directly Impacted by Rikers and Community Groups Join Care Not Cuts […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Care Not Criminalization Rally
**MEDIA ADVISORY** January 23, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Thursday 1/24: community groups to protest Mayor Adams’s State of the City Address at Hostos Community College in the Bronx Community Groups and People Impacted By Rikers to Gather at 11:30 AM to Demand Mayor Adams Cut the […]
2nd Death at Rikers Island Jail Complex in a Few Weeks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 22, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY 2nd Death at Rikers Island Jail Complex in a Few Weeks City Jails Remain Death Trap Under Mayor Adams Statement by the Katal Center New York, NY: On Saturday, news broke that Manual Luna, age […]
Katal 2023 Stewardship Letter
January 8, 2024 Friends, For Katal, entering 2024 feels a bit like being shot out of a cannon. The challenges ahead are daunting. The world is going through convulsions. And for many people in the United States, the upcoming national elections are a source of increasing anxiety. Even as we remain focused on the local […]
Another Detained Person Dies at Rikers Island Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 4, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Detained Person Dies at Rikers Island Jail Complex Statement by the Katal Center New York, NY: This afternoon, news broke that someone detained at Rikers passed away this morning. This is the first […]
Release: Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept. of Correction in Contempt As Receivership Looms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept. of Correction in Contempt As Receivership Looms Ahead of Yesterday’s Hearing, Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rallied To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers Statement […]
Release: Katal Center responds to Op-Ed by Mayor Adams and Judge Jonathan Lippman about Closing Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center responds to Op-Ed by Mayor Adams and Judge Jonathan Lippman about Closing Rikers New York, NY: This morning, Mayor Eric Adams and Judge Lippman published an op-ed about closing Rikers Island. The op-ed […]
RELEASE: Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rally To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** December 14, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rally To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers Growing Support for Independent Receiver Includes More Than 50 Community & Advocacy Groups, NY Attorney General Leticia James, […]
Advisory – Thursday 12/14: Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers
**MEDIA ADVISORY** December 12, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Thursday 12/14: Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over RikersCommunity Groups, Elected Officials, and People Impacted By Rikers to Gather at 1pm in Foley Square in Support of Federal Receivership Support […]
Testimony for Committee on Finance Oversight Hearing
Monday, December 11, 2023 Thank you, Chair Justin Brannan, for holding this hearing and inviting our testimony. My name is Yonah Zeitz, I’m the director of advocacy at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. We’re based in Brooklyn, and our members come from across the city and state. Our members include people who […]
