‘The one-year delay in first year funding is an opportunity to avoid further exacerbating existing inequalities in our city and communities. The city must reconsider the plan to build a…
‘Now is the time for the state legislature to pass HALT and for the governor to sign it into law. The mayor, City Council, and Board of Correction must go…
‘Mayor de Blasio’s new budget, which prioritizes our city’s paramilitary police and corrections department over much-needed public services, indicates the city believes otherwise.’
A new report says rural counties, suburban areas and small cities are adding jail capacity even as big cities and state systems shed cells. A handful of upstate counties are…
“Roughly eighteen months ago I was released from state prison after serving nearly forty years throughout the state of New York. Contrary to what you may have heard today,…
‘This is the right time for the city to also make a bold commitment to support people with serious and persistent mental and behavioral health needs, in ways that will…