Freedom Agenda

A grassroots member-led organization of people directly impacted by incarceration to achieve decarceration and system transformation. #CloseRikers

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

Mark your calendar to join us August 31, 2026 to mark one year from the legal deadline to Close Rikers!

August 31, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Outside City Hall, Broadway Gate [across from 250 Broadway]

RSVP --> https://t.co/LfyxeZUHA5

#CloseRikers

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

Seven people have died in DOC custody so far this year – two in the past week alone. We’re calling on Mayor Mamdani to make decarceration an urgent priority and #CLOSERIKERS! Join us NEXT MONDAY, 8/31 --> https://t.co/Fye1wnOVPx

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

We spent Monday night in community getting ready for our Countdown to #CloseRikers Day of Action, and assembling an art piece that will represent the thousands of neighbors currently suffering on Rikers.

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

“You might not close all of Rikers Island by [August 31, 2027], but what we can do is meet our decarceration goals and closing more jails on Rikers Island.” - Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack #CloseRikers https://t.co/Gf533YlHIV

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

Seven people have died in DOC custody so far this year – two in the past week alone. We’re calling on Mayor Mamdani to make decarceration an urgent priority and #CLOSERIKERS!
Join us NEXT MONDAY, 8/31 --> https://t.co/Fye1wnOVPx

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

We spent Monday night in community getting ready for our Countdown to #CloseRikers Day of Action, and assembling an art piece that will represent the thousands of neighbors currently suffering on Rikers.

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

STATEMENT from Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack, following news that another person has tragically died in DOC custody. #CloseRikers

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

STATEMENT from Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack after today's death in DOC custody, the 6th this year #CloseRikers

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@CMRestler: “What we need to do with urgency at scale, is invest in decarceration, in alternatives, in communities… We need every level of government to step up with us to act, and act now.”

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@CMRestler Thank you to everyone who came out to court watch with us this week! Shout out @FreedomAgendaNY @DrugPolicyOrg @SURJNYC @VOCALNewYork @CourtWatchNYC @LegalAidNYC @EmilyAssembly @CMRestler @CMCrystalHudson @RacialEquityNYC and so many more

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@RacialEquityNYC @FreedomAgendaNY @VOCALNewYork @NYCMayor: this doesn’t need to continue on your watch! we’re calling on you to take action: end broken windows policing, arrests of low level offenses, and quality of life enforcement that brutalizes Black, Latine and low income NYers. #CareNotCops

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@RacialEquityNYC @FreedomAgendaNY @VOCALNewYork: “there’s a lot of talk about affordability, but for whom? We saw folks being held 24h for jumping a turnstile. Folks losing their housing bc of loitering. The DA asking for bail for someone stealing toiletries. No one comes out of this court better than before.”

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@RacialEquityNYC @FreedomAgendaNY “We’re never going to close Rikers if we keep making low level arrests. To make our communities safer, we need intentional investments in the things we really need.” @QnsBPRichards

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@RacialEquityNYC @FreedomAgendaNY A @FreedomAgendaNY member talked about seeing a young person arrested and held, only for their case to be adjourned. And for someone struggling with substance use to be held, forced to court, now w a record… only to be sent to treatment. “Make it make sense.”

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

@RacialEquityNYC “We can’t end mass incarceration without mass investments in our community.” 👏👏👏 Darren Mack @FreedomAgendaNY

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

LIVE outside Manhattan Criminal Court with @FreedomAgendaNY @DrugPolicyOrg @CourtWatchNYC @LegalAidNYC @SURJNYC and others to share what we found in our week of court watching & demand action ✊

[Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @nycpa]

The communities most impacted by broken windows policing are the same ones most in need of resources.

With low-level summonses and arrests up, we joined advocates for Black August court watch.

Hear from the Public Advocate on how this administration can work toward real safety.

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

Our Co-Director Darren Mack joined @News12 Power & Politics, alongside Michael Higgins of NYC-EJA, to discuss the importance of recent jail closures at Rikers Island, and key next steps to #CloseRikers and implement the #RenewableRikers vision.

https://t.co/kgDb59IcGd

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

Statement from Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack, after the announcement of another tragic death in DOC custody, the fifth person this year. #CloseRikers

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

reallocate the billions of dollars currently wasted on Rikers to achieve true community safety.

#CloseRikers #CareNotCriminalization #NYCBudget

[Freedom Agenda @FreedomAgendaNY]

We’re glad to have a mayor who recognizes the need to close #Rikers, and we look forward to a budget that reflects that. Listen to Helen "Skip" Skipper at NYC Justice Peer Initiative share how she would...

#CloseRikers #CareNotCriminalization #NYCBudget