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RELEASE: Community Group Responds to the 3rd Person to Die in Less Than A Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 17, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 3…
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ADVISORY – Sunday 3/9: Growing Power ‘25 Expects Hundreds from Across Connecticut & Northeast
**MEDIA ADVISORY** March 4, 2025 Contact: Diana Martinez – 860-580-9402 – diana@katalcenter.org Follow online: #CutShutInvestCT | IG: CultivatingJustice Sunday 3/9: Workshop Se…
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Elected Officials and Community Groups Rally at City Hall to Demand Hochul Remove Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 27, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter, @NYChange, @JFREJNYC, @foodandwater, @theblackinsti…
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Community Group Heads to Albany Today to Demand Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY With Jails and Prisons Acr…
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Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, th…
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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…
