Katal in the News

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A traveling exhibit modeling a pop-up “safer consumption space” was set up in Lafayette Square Wednesday afternoon.   Buffalo is one of ten cities on the traveli…

ALBANY — A group of health care professionals, public health experts and advocates believe one answer to New York’s opioid epidemic could be safer consumption spaces, which allow drug users [&…

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – In response to New York’s drug overdose crisis, a group of healthcare professionals and public health advocates are launching a statewide campaign, calling for safe injecti…

Activewear Brand Chooses Highly Inappropriate Name For Its One-Sized Leggings ANA COLON | MARCH 14, 2017   Today in cringe-worthy copywriting, New York-based activewear brand Phat…

COBA battles those who want to close Rikers Island Stephon Johnson | February 10, 2017   New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The […]

Defender organizations, elected officials call on Cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation by CYRIL JOSH BARKER via Amsterdam News | 12/1/2016   The Legal Aid Society and Br…

Less crime, and fewer incarcerations by Sibella Matthews via The Harvard Gazette | October 28, 2016   Overflowing prison populations and high rates of violent crime once made New Y…

Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. By Caroline Preston via New York Times | Oct. 25, 2016   By the time the police found him smoking crack in a [&hellip…

Why We’re Marching to Close Rikers September 23, 2016 | by Glenn E. Martin & Anna Pastoressa via Gotham Gazette   For years, New Yorkers have been barraged by stories of…