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PRESS RELEASE – REFORM COALITION RESPONDS TO RACIST FEAR MONGERING AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE LESS IS MORE ACT IN MONROE COUNTY
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Reform Coalition Responds to Racist Fear Mongering and Misinformation ab…
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press release – community groups, people and families impacted by mass incarceration, gather at rikers island bridge in support of #lessismoreny & criminal justice reforms
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Community Groups, People and Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration, Ga…
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press release – people impacted by rikers, with elected officials and community groups, demand mayor cut the correctional population, shut rikers, invest in communities
PRESS RELEASE September 22nd, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter At City Hall, People Impacted by Rik…
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WBFO:Hochul signs law to end sending New Yorkers back to prison on minor parole violations, immediately releases nearly 200 inmates
By Karen DeWitt via WBFO New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday ordered the immediate release of nearly 200 state prison inmates being held for committing technical parole violations, while also [&he…
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advisory – community groups, people and families impacted by rikers, and elected officials to rally at city hall to demand on mayor de blasio to decarcerate
ADVISORY September 20th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Crisis on Rikers Grows, 11th Death in Year at Notorious Facility Wednesday 9/22, 11 a.m.: Community G…
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CBS New York: Nearly 200 People Being Released From Rikers After Gov. Hochul Signs ‘Less Is More Act,’ Calls N.Y.’s Incarceration Rate ‘A Point Of Shame’
By Aundrea Cline-Thomas via CBSNewYork NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Kathy Hochul acted to immediately free several hundred parolees from Rikers Island and made arrangements to move several hun…
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MSN News: Nearly 200 People Being Released From Rikers After Gov. Hochul Signs ‘Less Is More Act,’ Calls N.Y.’s Incarceration Rate ‘A Point Of Shame’
By Syndicated Local – CBS New York via MSN News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Kathy Hochul acted to immediately free several hundred parolees from Rikers Island&n…
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Yahoo News: Rikers Island set to release hundreds of inmates according to NY officials
By Aisha Powell via Yahoo News New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that she is “deeply disturbed” by the situation at Rikers New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that nearly 200 inmates a…
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Spectrum News: Hochul signs ‘Less is More’ into law to release 191 Rikers detainees
By Elina Tarkazikis and Gloria Pazmino via SpectrumNews NEW YORK — With the stroke of a pen on Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the “Less is More Act” into law, greenlighting […]
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State of Politics: State may release more people from jail on parole violations, Hochul says
By Nick Reisman via State of Politics New York state officials on Friday announced plans to release 191 people who are in Rikers Island jail in New York City on technical […]
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Queens Daily Eagle: Gov. signs parole reform bill, releases nearly 200 from Rikers
By Jacob Kaye via Queens Daily Eagle With the crisis on Rikers Island nearing a breaking point, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law Friday that would spur the release of […]
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press release – governor signs the #lessismoreny act into law
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Governor Kathy Hochul Signs the Less Is More Act, Transforma…
