Ending New York’s Love Affair with Life Sentences
September 20, 2021: Anthony Dixon, Gotham Gazette
Attica prison riot hardened attitudes on incarceration but also planted seeds for reform
September 13, 2021: Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, lohud.
MONDAY, September 13, 2021 • Attica Is All of Us
Commemoration of the Attica Uprising and Massacre 6:00pm-8:00pm each night • Canaan Baptist Church, Harlem
SATURDAY, September 11, 2021: RAPP BBQ, Riverside Park
1:00 pm • 151st St. at Riverside Drive, Manhattan • Join us to celebrate our collective work advancing parole justice in NYS • potluck-style gathering – please bring friends
50 years later, the struggle of Attica continues. New York must do better
September 9, 2021: Jose Saldaña, lohud.
A half-century after Attica, prisoners’ demands have not been met
September 8, 2021: Marvin Mayfield, New York Daily News
THURSDAY, August 19, 2021, 11 am: RALLY at Gov. Cuomo’s NYC office
Join family members with loved ones in NYS prisons, lawmakers, and advocates at 633 Third Ave., NYC (40th/41st Sts.) to demand that Gov. Cuomo grant more clemencies in his final …
THURSDAY, August 12, 2021, 5:30 pm • Remembering Val Gaiter vigil and rally for parole justice
Rallies at Governor Cuomo’s NYC office, the Governor’s Mansion in Albany, and Bedford Hills prison 5:30 pm, details and RSVP here
WEDNESDAY, August 4, 2021, 6:00pm • Vigil and Rally Honoring John MacKenzie
WEDNESDAY, August 4, 2021, 6:00 pm • John MacKenzie, who died in NY State prison five years ago after his 10th parole denial and more than 40 years in prison. …
Parole advocates urge legislature to pass reform bills
September 1, 2021: Rachel Vick, Queens Daily Eagle
Advocates rally in Albany for parole reform bills
September 1, 2021: Kate Lisa, NNY360
Rally at Capitol urges passage of clean slate, parole justice bills
September 1, 2021: WRGB Staff, CBS6 Albany
“Extraordinary session” ready for Wednesday to tackle evictions
August 31, 2021: Joshua Solomon, Times Union
Thousands of prisoners have died of covid-19. Because of the ‘tough on crime era,’ there’s worse to come
August 26, 2021: Frank R. Baumgartner, Tamira Daniely, Kalley Huang, Patrice McGloin, Niharika Vattikonda, Kamryn Washington, Sydney Johnson, Allison Swagert, Alexander Love and Lyle May, Washington Post