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RELEASE: Community Groups Protest State of City Address
**PRESS RELEASE** January 24, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Community Gro…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Care Not Criminalization Rally
**MEDIA ADVISORY** January 23, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Thursday 1/24: community groups to prote…
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2nd Death at Rikers Island Jail Complex in a Few Weeks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 22, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY 2nd Death at Rikers Isla…
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Another Detained Person Dies at Rikers Island Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 4, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Detained Pers…
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Release: Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept. of Correction in Contempt As Receivership Looms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Federal Court Holds Mayor Adams’s Dept…
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Release: Katal Center responds to Op-Ed by Mayor Adams and Judge Jonathan Lippman about Closing Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Katal Center responds to Op…
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RELEASE: Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Rally To Call for Federal Courts to Take Over Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** December 14, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Community Groups, El…
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Advisory – Thursday 12/14: Federal Court Hearing in Manhattan Could Lead to Stripping Mayor Adams of Control Over Rikers
**MEDIA ADVISORY** December 12, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Thursday 12/14: Federal Court Hearing…
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Testimony for Committee on Finance Oversight Hearing
Monday, December 11, 2023 Thank you, Chair Justin Brannan, for holding this hearing and inviting our testimony. My name is Yonah Zeitz, I’m the director of advocacy at the Katal […]
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Support for Federal Receivership at Rikers Grows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 4, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers Support for Federal Receivership at Rikers Gr…
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Testimony for NYC City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Oversight Hearing – Alternatives to Detention and Incarceration in New York City
Thursday, November 30, 2023 Thank you Chair Carlina Rivera for holding this hearing and inviting our testimony. My name is Yonah Zeitz, I’m the director of advocacy at the Katal […]
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Rejecting the Mayor’s Proposed Budget Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 17, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY In the Midst of a Corruptio…
