Thank you Adrienne Adams - 'The legal deadline to close Rikers is 2027, and the Administration must commit towards the investments and alternative solutions previously outlined to help improve public safety, lower the jail population, and #closeRikers .' council.nyc.gov/press/2024/05/…

It's called copaganda...and it's real.

New York City needs new leadership — with a relentless focus on making the city more affordable, safer, and more livable.

I’m Senator Zellnor Myrie, and that’s why I’m taking the first steps to explore a run for Mayor in 2025.

Join us: zellnor4.nyc/donate

All across this city, New Yorkers tell me the same thing: this administration isn’t working for them. That’s why I’m taking the first steps to explore a race for Mayor in 2025.

Join me: secure.actblue.com/donate/zellnor…

CUNY comrades! Tell CUNY Admin: Drop the Charges, Meet the Demands!

Register to testify at the upcoming BOT meeting before Friday!

Boycott, Divest, We Will Not Stop, They Will Not Rest!

NEW: DOI has launched a probe into NYPD officials' social media use as well as NYPD's response to pro-Palestine campus protests, a spokeswoman confirms.

The probe comes in response to requests from City Council Speaker Adams and Legal Aid.

Story coming via New York Daily News

This guy, with absolutely spot on answers. Genuinely surprised this even aired.

The TreatmentNotJailNY is an idea whose time has come. This coalition has already won $30 million for mental health resources in the court system, and a Chief Judge who is a vocal advocate for the treatment model.

We need to finish the job this session.

Bryant Bell, 1199SEIU💫 delegate at The Legal Aid Society: In prison, I taught myself law & realized social justice means advocating for others. I was ready to come home before my minimum sentence but I served 8 years *more*. Since then, I've earned my bachelors degree & started a family.

NEW: In response to the NYPD's crackdown on protests at local universities and colleges, we’re calling on DOI_OIGNYPD to launch a probe ASAP into these abuses of authority.
legalaidnyc.org/news/investiga…

This must be the year for parole justice. We in the Assembly must pass my Fair & Timely Parole bill to restore the parole board to its original purpose of evaluating people's readiness to return to the community and promote accountability, safety, and healing.

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Hey NYS Assembly: New Yorkers need you to pass legislation to bolster student loan forgiveness for lawyers serving the public interest.

Listen to the WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom interview with Jane Fox, Chapter Chair of Association of Legal Aid Attys, on why this is good for New York. capitolpressroom.org/2024/01/25/stu…

A little Palestine boy desperately searching the hospital wards for his injured mother finally finds her | the israeli genocide live-streamed

May is #MentalHealthAwareness Month.

To celebrate, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson joined the NYS BPHA Legislative Caucus meeting today to discuss the effectiveness of mental health and treatment courts.

I'm grateful for his advocacy for the TreatmentNotJailNY!

Our Legal Observers across the country are under attack!

None of us could have predicted the immensity of the student protests taking place across the country, demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza, and that their universities divest from the State of Israel.

As students across the country are pushing hard for universities to divest from Israel and stop the genocide, college and university administrations are cracking down hard.

Rafah is being decimated, there is nowhere else left to go. Israel is now bombing more than 1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah, Gaza's last place of refuge. A massacre is happening in Rafah right now and the world is silent.

BREAKING: The NY Senate’s Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction just passed the Fair & Timely Parole Act by a vote of 5-2.

Thank you Chair Julia Salazar and committee members.

Let’s enact this bill this session.

Onwards!

Cc Carl E. Heastie

please see: NY State Budget FY25 and it's carceral approach to a problem yes, enabled by corporations, TY The Appeal theappeal.org/corporations-p…