📢August 31, 2027 will mark 3 years until the legally mandated closure of Rikers. Join us all week for actions calling on Mayor Adams to act NOW. #CloseRikers #GetRikersClosed

bit.ly/3Ze6Szh Families should not experience traumatic evictions- especially at the beginning of the school year. Not only will this move continue to assail the city's right to shelter law, it will make thousands of families with young children homeless. It will force

ICYMI: Check out the The Imprint Weekly Podcast Summer Rewind episode on abolition in the family policing system with Dorothy Roberts bit.ly/4cDhNVW

This week, we filed a lawsuit to stop the NYPD from illegally accessing, using, and disclosing juvenile records. It’s time to end the NYPD practice of perpetually punishing young people. More: theintercept.com/2024/08/22/nyp…

Eighty percent of women in jail — where people are held in pretrial detention — are mothers. “When a woman is held in pretrial detention, the whole family is injured and the damage can be permanent." womensmediacenter.com/news-features/…

“It essentially reflects an attitude by the NYPD that anyone who has come in contact with the NYPD — who, of course, are predominantly brown and Latinx young people — should be subjected to hyper-surveillance and kept in their databases,” – Lisa Freeman The Legal Aid Society

“We don't really put our trust in the administration – we put our trust in the directly impacted people in our organization pushing this mayor to do the right thing,” - Justice for Sonya Massey in Queens Daily Eagle #CloseRikers #GetRikersClosed queenseagle.com/all/2024/8/26/…

Forcing babies to live on the street is a betrayal of our humanity. Whatever you believe, deliberately increasing child homelessness is a cruel policy. The Legal Aid Society Coalition for the Homeless Goddard Riverside #JustPay gothamist.com/news/30000-mor…

Closing Rikers by August 31, 2027 is the law, and @nycmayor must follow it. New Yorkers need action NOW to invest in real solutions for public safety and erase this stain on our City once and for all. #CloseRikers

📰BREAKING: Tomorrow marks 3 years from the deadline to #CloseRikers. NOW is the time for Mayor Adams to take action to deliver on the legal & moral mandate to shut this hell hole down. But he isn't doing that. So, we created an announcement for him... nygoodnews.net

CFR joined local elected officials & other community-based orgs to talk to families in Jackson Heights about their rights (& we also danced - the DJ was fantastic). A special TY to Jessica González-Rojas, Council Member Shekar Krishnan & NY Senator Jessica Ramos for fighting to help Queens families stay together. 🎉

Please join the Narrowing the Front Door Workgroup & other guests on 9/10 for a thoughtful discussion on the evolution & impact of the family policing system. CFR’s ED Tehra Coles Martinez will moderate. Register here: bit.ly/4cPZJIw

Back to school means backpack giveaways! Great to partner with so many to help hundreds of kids start the school year off strong with backpacks full of supplies!