"We have a crisis in our jail and prison system. It starts with a broad tackling of a mental health crisis...Treatment Not Jail starts at the beginning of the game." Listen to our sponsor, @phara4assembly around 8:15 on @CapPressRoom https://t.co/GUDROxaX6X
I’m humbled, honored and excited to serve as the next Commissioner of @NYSOASAS.
I’m more than ready to get to work to expand evidence-based strategies rooted in harm reduction to improve and save New Yorkers’ lives. https://t.co/PDjDo1LTdb
People with convictions face housing insecurity due to stereotypes and perceptions based on prejudices. Access to housing is a basic human right that everyone needs & deserves. @NYCSpeakerCoJo: you can make a difference by bringing #FairChanceForHousing#Intro2047 to a vote!
We were denied access to a building but that’s no surprise.
Goldman Sachs is standing in the way of improving the lives of Black, Brown & low income people, which is why they give $ to @SenatorSinema & @Sen_JoeManchin who are willing to carry out the interests of corporate greed
Cool new micro-site from our friends at @innocence
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Despite this, in New York State, if you plead guilty, you are barred from pursuing claims of wrongful conviction. A major injustice. Our bill with @AMDanQuart & @zellnor4ny would change this. (S266/A98)
PACK THE COURT! 11/10 at 9AM @ 100 Centre Street, Part Jury 5
David Hilton needs our help! Though never once failing to appear in court, and at risk of losing his mental health services if incarcerated, the Manhattan DA is seeking jailtime for a misdemeanor from over 2 years ago
Join us and @FairHousing_NYC next Wednesday (11/10) at 12PM EST for a #CLOSErikers Open Homes action hour. RSVP here --> https://t.co/jeuSnZ2UlJ. Get ready for us @NYCSpeakerCoJo! #PassIntro2047
Every 30 minutes in New York City, someone is jailed, often because they cannot afford their bail.
Will you rally with us next week? #ReleasesNotRikers!
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“The people who make these decisions are complicit and negligent in the deaths of our fellow human beings who are dying on torture island. I was on Rikers pre-Attica. You think it was bad then? It’s worse now. 50 years nothing has changed.” -Victor Pate @NYCAIC
NEW from @iamdarrenmack👇🏿
"COBA, and law enforcement unions more generally, operate more as pro-mass incarceration lobbying groups than as entities concerned with the well-being of their members..."
#NYCjailcrisis#CloseRikers
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