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As Mayor Adams Sells Out New Yorkers to Trump, Another Person Dies at Rikers – 34th Since Eric Adams Took Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY As Mayor Adams Sells Out…
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Statement Rejecting Bringing ICE Officers Back to Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 13, 2025 Contact: Yatziri Tovar, yatziri.tovar@maketheroadny.org (917) 771-2818 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @Ka…
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After Years of Advocacy by Directly Impacted People, City Council Submits Letter to Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY After Years of Advocacy by Dir…
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Trump Admin’s Move to Drop Adams Case is an Attack on Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Trump Admin’s Move to Drop Adams Ca…
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Katal Responds to City Council Court Filing on Receivership at Rikers
Yonah Zeitz, NY advocacy director of the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice: “Katal and our partners have been fighting for over two years to get the City Council […]
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Senate Bill 856 (Salazar) Advances through Senate Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Senate Bill 856 (Salazar) Advances through Sen…
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Community Groups Call on the Council to Hold Adams Accountable for Shutting Rikers and Addressing Dangerous Conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 30, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY As Criminal Justice Committee Me…
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At Latest Meeting, SCOC Refuses to Address Killing of Robert Brook By Correctional Officers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers At Latest Meeting, State Commission on Correct…
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Mayor Adams’s Administration Refuses to Outline Structure of Independent Receiver at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on X: @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Mayor Adams’s Administration Re…
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Katal Joins Community Groups In Protest of Mayor Adams’s State of the City Address
**PRESS RELEASE** Thursday, January 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Katal Joins Co…
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The State Commission of Correction is Failing to Keep Incarcerated People Safe
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers With Jails and Prisons from Rikers to Ma…
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In Interview Framing His Bid for Re-Election, Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Rikers to Remain Open
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY In Interview Fram…
