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“No blurry scan of a letter can ever replace homemade gifts from children or physically holding the familiar handwriting of a loved one. This cruel, misguided approach to curbing overdoses…

ByWill Owen

ByEvan Enzer 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Should NYC Landlords Be Allowed to Consider a Tenant’s Criminal Record?

The New York City Council held a hearing Thursday to discuss the Fair Chance for Housing Act, which would make it illegal for landlords and realtors to factor in criminal…

ByMariam Hydara

ByDavid Brand

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Justice Opinion

Opinion: Rikers Crisis Demands Federal Receiver

“A hearing in federal court could decide whether or not the city, under Mayor Eric Adams, will maintain control of Rikers. The feds should take over.”

ByGabriel Sayegh 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Moral Imperative to Close Rikers Island

The city’s plan to close Rikers by 2027 is “not a perfect plan, but it’s the best plan thus far. And to do the bold and necessary thing—to see this…

ByRev. Chloe Breyer 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

In the week before the recent heatwave, Department of Correction officials testified at a hearing that nearly 200 individuals incarcerated at the jail with conditions that are exacerbated by heat…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem

“Do New York City’s leaders intend to build a new jail every time an old one fails, as it always will? In a city which boasts some of the world’s…

BySamah Mcgona Sisay 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Health Justice

COVID-19 Surge at Rikers Begins to Decline, But Chaotic Conditions Persist

The 7-day positivity rate in New York City jails was just over 19 percent on Sunday—down from nearly 37 percent just a week prior, the most recent data shows. But…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2021

Government Justice

Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers

Beginning this week, the city and state will begin transferring around 230 detainees being held at the troubled New York City jail complex to state correctional facilities in Westchester, what…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

As a deepening humanitarian crisis inside the Rikers Island jail complex fuels efforts to release more detainees, a judge’s decision can come down to one key consideration: Do they have…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Aug 2021

Justice Opinion

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

‘Jail separates people from work and family, jeopardizes stable housing, and subjects them to violence, especially in inhumane environments like Rikers. Incarceration must be the option of last resort, used…

ByJonathan Lippman

ByCourtney Bryan 0Comments

Opinion: NYC Jails Criminalize Mail Correspondence, Just In Time For the Holidays

Should NYC Landlords Be Allowed to Consider a Tenant’s Criminal Record?

Opinion: Rikers Crisis Demands Federal Receiver

Opinion: The Moral Imperative to Close Rikers Island

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem

COVID-19 Surge at Rikers Begins to Decline, But Chaotic Conditions Persist

Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

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