Rally to Shut Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** July 9, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Followl Courts to Immediately Appoint an Independent Receiver to Take Over at Rikers and Save Lives online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rally, Calling for Federal Courts to Immediately Appoint an Independent Receiver to Take Over […]
Tuesday, July 9: Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers
**MEDIA ADVISORY** July 2, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Tuesday, July 9: With Excessive Levels of Violence and Dysfunction in City Jails, Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers Island Jail ComplexCommunity Groups, Elected Officials, and People Impacted by […]
Organizing, Food, and Justice
by Lorenzo Jones 6.20.2024 I feel like there is this throwback, distinct trajectory for community organizing that requires us to revamp our development of organizers, like having to develop organizers differently for drug policy reform, sentencing, housing and other problems. I don’t think our organizers in the country understand how to make changes to the U.S Department […]
With Jails from Buffalo to New York City in Crisis, Bill to Strengthen Jail Oversight Falters in Albany
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY With Jails from Buffalo to New York City in Crisis, Bill to Strengthen Jail Oversight Falters in Albany Community Groups & Advocates Vow to Keep Up Fight to Expand and Enhance the State Commission of […]
Bill to Increase Jail Oversight Falls Short in the Assembly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, June 8, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Bill to Increase Jail Oversight Through Expanding the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Falls Short in the Assembly in the Final Hours of Session Albany, NY: Today, the New York State Assembly wrapped up the […]
New York State Senate Passes (S5877A) on Final Day of Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY New York State Senate Passes Bill to Expand and Strengthen the State Commission of Correction (S5877A) on Final Day of Session Community Groups and Directly Impacted New Yorkers Applaud the State Senate, Call on Assembly […]
Bill to Expand the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Advances through the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Bill to Expand the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Advances through the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee on Final Day of Session Albany, NY: Today, the New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted […]
Katal Op-Ed in The Amsterdam News: Mayor Adams Talks About Closing Rikers While Working to Keep it Ope
The Amsterdam News Mayor Adams Talks About Closing Rikers While Working to Keep it Open by gabriel sayegh Thursday, June 6, 2024 Last month, news broke that the city’s plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex is facing more setbacks. Replacement jails in the Bronx and Queens, projects that should have been much farther […]
Katal Op-ed in the NY Daily News: NYS must boost its prison watchdog
NY Daily News By Yonah Zeitz 6/2/2024 With time running out in the 2024 New York State legislative session, lawmakers in Albany should act to address the crisis on Rikers and other jails across the state. New Yorkers, particularly those who have been incarcerated and their loved ones — like many of our members at […]
Bill to Expand the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Advances through the Assembly’s Correction Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 30, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Bill to Expand the State Commission of Correction (A5709A) Advances through the Assembly’s Correction CommitteeMomentum Builds for Passage of Legislation to Strengthen Key Oversight Body for Jails Across New York Albany, NY: Today, the New […]
