April 29, 2020: Human Rights Watch
Columbia University Faculty to Gov. Cuomo: Release Elderly and Infirm People from NYS Prisons
April 21, 2020: Columbia University in the City of New York
Recommendations to NYS Parole Board for action on COVID-19
April 20, 2020: 27 Legal and Advocacy Institutions and Organizations
Recommendations to NYS Parole Board for action on COVID-19Read More
New York Can—And Must—Lead to Protect People in Prison
April, 2020: Vera Institute of Justice
New York Can—And Must—Lead to Protect People in PrisonRead More
CARE Taskforce of the New York City Council to Gov. Cuomo: Release Incarcerated Individuals 55 and Older Or Who Have Underlying Conditions
April 15, 2020: Member Organizations, NYC CARE (Compassion and Assistance for Returning Elders) Task Force
Law Enforcement Action Partnership proposes Gov. Cuomo Issue This Executive Order
April 10, 2020: Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Law Enforcement Action Partnership proposes Gov. Cuomo Issue This Executive OrderRead More
CDC Emergency Call to Action—Explicitly Include Decarceration and Expanded Access to Healthcare to Curb COVID-19 Impact in U.S. Jails, Prisons, and Detention Facilities
April 9, 2020: Drug Policy Alliance and hundreds of individuals and organizations
Gov. Cuomo: Grant Clemencies to Older New Yorkers in Prison Who Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus
April, 2020: Columbia University School of Social Work and 250 social workers (list open for additional names)
Brennan Center for Justice Letter to Governors re: COVID-19 and Governors’ Executive Authority to Release Vulnerable People Who Pose No Risk to Public Safety from Incarceration
April 6, 2020: Lauren Brooke-Eisen, Ames Grawert, and Taryn Merkl, Brennan Center for Justice
Faith Leaders Letter to Gov. Cuomo Urging Clemency in COVID-19 Crisis
April 6, 2020: New York Theological Seminary
Faith Leaders Letter to Gov. Cuomo Urging Clemency in COVID-19 CrisisRead More
Letter to Gov. Cuomo from Legal Professionals
150 Public Health Professionals Urge Gov. Cuomo to Release Elders, Others Vulnerable to COVID-19
April 2, 2020: Released by RAPP
Reforms without Results: Why states should stop excluding violent offenses from criminal justice reforms
April, 2020: Alexi Jones, Prison Policy Initiative