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Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
Building Inclusive Community
mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
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improving the systems by which all society attains and benefits from justice
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Four Billion Dollars and Four Years Late: Queens Jail is Over Budget and Behind Schedule
Queens Eagle
“There is a realistic plan for reducing the jail population to meet the target of fewer than 3,300 individuals incarcerated in city jails, and a critical component is prioritizing decarceration of people with mental health concerns and expanding supportive housing and community mental health supports,” said Jennifer J. Parish, the director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project
New Jails in Bronx, Queens on Track to Open Four Years After Deadline to Close Rikers Island
NY Daily News
“This administration has consistently undermined its legal and moral obligation to close Rikers and complete construction of the borough-based jail system by the mandated deadline of 2027,” said Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda.
Fewest Shelter Residents Moving into NYCHA Buildings in 10 Years While Vacancies Soar
Gothamist
"Marika Dias, managing director for the Safety Net Project, a homeless advocacy group, said decades of disinvestment in public housing and NYCHA’s systemic failure to secure basic repairs for existing tenants and fix empty apartments are at the root of the problem."
