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Criminal justice advocates call on De Blasio to provide discount fares for poor new yorkers
StreetsBlog NYC
By David Meyer via StreetsBlog NYC As of May 15, 5,137 people have been arrested for fare evasion this year. Criminal justice advocates gathered outside City Hall this morning to call […]
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StreetsBlog NYC: Criminal justice advocates call on De Blasio to provide discount fares for poor new yorkers
StreetsBlog NYC
Criminal Justice Advocates Call on de Blasio to Provide Discount Fares for Poor New Yorkers As of May 15, 5,137 people have been arrested for fare evasion this year. By David […]
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Advocates push for non-jail program
New Haven Independent
by Thomas Breen via the New Haven Independent The police get a call from Walmart that somebody has been caught shoplifting. The officers run the offender’s criminal history, and quickly find [&hell…
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new haven independent: non-jail program for low-level offenders pitched in the hill
New Haven Independent
Non-Jail Program For Low-Level Offenders Pitched In The Hill by THOMAS BREEN | May 10, 2017 The police get a call from Walmart that somebody has been caught shoplifting. The officers…
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Advocates set up a mock “supervised injection facility” in Lafayette Park
WIVB 4
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 traveling exhibit…
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Advocates push drug consumption sites as solution to opioid epidemic in NY
News Channel 13
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 [&…
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Push for safe injection sites in New York
NEWS10
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…
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Kalief Browder’s brother pushes speedy trial reform in Albany
Albany Times-Union
Posted on March 27, 2017 TimesUnion Akeem Browder watched his brother go to 38 court appearances over a three-year period. As a 16-year-old, Kalief Browder was arrested in New York […]
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Refinery29: Activewear brand chooses highly inappropriate name for its one-sized leggings
Refinery29
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 Buddha is selling…
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Amsterdam News: Coba battles those who want to close Rikers Island
Amsterdam News
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 Correction […]
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amsterdam news: defender organizations, elected officials call on cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation
Amsterdam News
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 Brooklyn Defender Ser…
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Harvard Gazette: less crime, and fewer incarcerations
The Harvard Gazette
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 York City a metaphor…
